Octopuses have been observed learning how to dismantle Lego structures and open child-proof caps on medicine bottles.
The singer of Peanut Butter Jelly Time died in an 11 hour police…
The singer of Peanut Butter Jelly Time died in an 11 hour police standoff during which time his brother-in-law Snoop Dogg attempted to calm him down and surrender.
“Mr. Trash Wheel” is a solar-powered device in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor…
“Mr. Trash Wheel” is a solar-powered device in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that has removed 160 tons of garbage from the harbor in just under a year.
Major Donnie Dunagan was the Marines’ youngest-ever drill…
Major Donnie Dunagan was the Marines’ youngest-ever drill instructor & served 3 tours in Vietnam, where he was wounded several times. He received the Bronze Star & the Purple Heart 3 times. For his entire Marine Corps service, he kept a secret that no one knew– he was the voice of Disney’s Bambi.
NFL defensive tackle Amobi Okoye is the youngest player ever to play…
NFL defensive tackle Amobi Okoye is the youngest player ever to play in the NFL. After testing into 9th grade at 12 and graduating at 16, he chose to play NCAA football at Louisville (though he was accepted to Harvard) before graduating early and being drafted by the Texans at the age of 19.
Richard Stallman, a software freedom activist and computer…
Richard Stallman, a software freedom activist and computer programmer, and creator of a good portion of GNU/Linux, has 15 honorary doctorates.
Pirates rarely plundered gold, silver, and jewels…
Pirates rarely plundered gold, silver, and jewels. Their most common plunder was trade goods such as bolts of cloth, tanned animal skins, spices, sugar, dyes, cocoa, tobacco, cotton, and wood. That’s because most ships didn’t sail around with gold, silver, and jewels. Those things were on land, and paid for the bolts of cloth, tanned […]
The element ‘Cobalt’ gets it’s name from the German ‘kobold’…
The element ‘Cobalt’ gets it’s name from the German ‘kobold’ which means ‘goblin’. Miners found cobalt veins near their silver, and blamed this strange and dangerous metal on goblins, and thus named it after them.
China has banned time travel in TV, saying…
China has banned time travel in TV, saying that it “disrespects history”.
Benjamin Franklin never patented any of his inventions. He reasoned…
Benjamin Franklin never patented any of his inventions. He reasoned that “we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others”, and that “we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously”.