A man accused of embezzling $8.7 million hid from law enforcement by hiking the Appalachian Trail for six years.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2012 there…
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2012 there were 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees — a number exceeding that of uniformed personnel in the U.S. Army.
Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, the executioner from the famous Vietnam…
Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, the executioner from the famous Vietnam War photo, opened a pizza joint in Virginia after the war.
In 1967 British philosopher Bertrand Russell organized…
In 1967 British philosopher Bertrand Russell organized an international war crimes tribunal that unanimously concluded the U.S Government was guilty of genocide against the people of Vietnam.
“Princess sickness” is a term used in China and Korea to…
“Princess sickness” is a term used in China and Korea to describe a psychological phenomenon affecting young women characterized by narcissism, egocentrism and melodramatic personality resulting in individuals acting like princesses.
A Japanese gymnast, Shun Fujimoto, once broke his knee at the Olympics…
A Japanese gymnast, Shun Fujimoto, once broke his knee at the Olympics in 1976 but didn’t tell anyone and performed miraculously despite his injury, winning his team the gold medal.
A book, called Ella Minnow Pea, is set on an island where the government…
A book, called Ella Minnow Pea, is set on an island where the government slowly bans letters. As the letters are banned, they disappear from the writing in the book as well.
30 minutes of kissing can reduce the effect of allergic reactions…
30 minutes of kissing can reduce the effect of allergic reactions among atopic and allergic patients.
A man woke up from a coma after 2 years but was unable to show any sign….
A man woke up from a coma after 2 years but was unable to show any sign of it, and so was trapped in a lifeless state for a further 10 years whilst being fully aware of everything going on around him.
When Conrad, the third man on the moon, who was somewhat shorter than Neil…
When Conrad, the third man on the moon, who was somewhat shorter than Neil Armstrong, stepped onto the lunar surface, his first words were “Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me.” This was not an off-the-cuff remark: Conrad had made a US$500 bet with […]