Homeless girl named Khadijah Williams went to Harvard. She attended 12 schools in 12 years; lived out of garbage bags among pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers. She was accepted to more than 20 universities before choosing Harvard.
There’s a Croatian man named Braco who “heals” people with his gaze…
There’s a Croatian man named Braco who “heals” people with his gaze. He has reportedly cured cancer and respiratory diseases just by looking at people, and was invited to United Nations and recognized as a natural wonder for Peace.
A hoax propagated since the 1960s claims that a psychoactive…
A hoax propagated since the 1960s claims that a psychoactive substance, bananadine, can be extracted from banana peels.
A 4GB ebook reader filled with 3,500 ebooks weighs a billionth…
A 4GB ebook reader filled with 3,500 ebooks weighs a billionth of a billionth of a gram more than if it were empty of data – a difference that is approximately the same weight as a molecule of DNA. The same number of physical books would weigh about two tons.
Mithridates VI was so paranoid of being poisoned that he took…
Mithridates VI was so paranoid of being poisoned that he took small doses throughout his life to build up an immunity. When he was finally captured by the Romans, he tried to kill himself with poison but failed because he was immune.
Rats feel empathy to such a degree that they will ignore a lever…
Rats feel empathy to such a degree that they will ignore a lever that releases a tempting chocolate treat in favor of one that saves a drowning friend.
The CIA’s concern over soccer fields along the coast of Cuba…
The CIA’s concern over soccer fields along the coast of Cuba led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In September 1962, a CIA analyst noticed the fields and became concerned because, as he put it, “Cubans play baseball, Russians play soccer.”
During the time of the devastating 2011 Joplin, MO tornado, a traveling…
During the time of the devastating 2011 Joplin, MO tornado, a traveling circus was in town but couldn’t perform due to the weather. Instead, they enlisted the help of their circus elephants to remove damaged vehicles and heavy debris from the road to clear a path for first responders.
Dolphins can communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to…
Dolphins can communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to know who they are talking. In one experiment carried in an aquarium in Hawaii, the mother and her two-year-old calf in another tank, connected by a special underwater audio link, recognized each other and “talked”.
George Hotz, then 17 years old, was the first to unlock a first…
George Hotz, then 17 years old, was the first to unlock a first generation iPhone and sold the iPhone for a Nissan 350z and 3 locked iPhones.