A Woman in Oregon started a wildfire to give some work to her bored firefighter friends. Eventually, the fire, named as the Sunnyside Turnoff wildfire, spread to about 80 square miles — 51,000 acres — costing nearly $8 million to fight and took two months to bring under complete control.
In 1962 news channel NBC paid a West Berlin team 50,000DM ($150,000 today) to dig…
In 1962 news channel NBC paid a West Berlin team 50,000DM ($150,000 today) to dig under the Berlin Wall, on the condition that NBC could film the escape. 29 East Germans managed to escape, and the resulting NBC film, The Tunnel, won 3 Emmies.
Because of the Bambi effect, some people will…
Because of the Bambi effect, some people will not eat a whole fish.
There’s a man who shops at Trader Joe’s in Seattle and buys things in bulk and then transports….
There’s a man who shops at Trader Joe’s in Seattle and buys things in bulk and then transports them up to Vancouver to his own store called “Pirate Joe’s” because there are no Trader Joe’s in Canada. He’s gotten banned at some Trader Joe’s and sometimes has to put on disguises to shop.
The storm that caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s carried twice as much dirt…
The storm that caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s carried twice as much dirt as was dug out of the earth to create the Panama Canal. The canal took seven years to dig; the storm lasted a single afternoon.
The modern Ouija Board got its name by asking…
The modern Ouija Board got its name by asking the board what it should be called.
In 2005, Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, and Pixar started…
In 2005, Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, and Pixar started a coordinated effort to push down their workers’ wages.
There is a mushroom that is safe to eat but can kill…
There is a mushroom that is safe to eat but can kill you if you drink alcohol afterwards.
In 2012, Choi Gap-bok escaped from prison by squeezing his body through…
In 2012, Choi Gap-bok escaped from prison by squeezing his body through the food slot at the bottom of his cell door. The slot measured 5.9 inches tall and 17.7 inches wide. Choi, a yoga practitioner, applied skin ointment to his body and slipped out while 3 prison guards were sleeping.
The founder of Japan’s McDonald’s stated, “Japanese people are so short and…
The founder of Japan‘s McDonald’s stated, “Japanese people are so short and have yellow skins because they have eaten nothing but fish and rice for two thousand years. If we eat McDonald’s hamburgers for a thousand years we will become taller, our skin become white, and our hair blonde.”