Norway stopped investing money into Walmart after determining that the company is guilty of “serious violations of fundamental ethical norms.”
A man sued Pepsi when he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve….
A man sued Pepsi when he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.
Due to time dilation one could travel thousands of light years in a human…
Due to time dilation one could travel thousands of light years in a human lifespan without exceeding the speed of light. A full 40 year trip at 1 g will appear on Earth to last 58,000 years and cover a distance of 55,000 light years.
An amateur bowler who almost killed himself trying to bowl the perfect match…
An amateur bowler who almost killed himself trying to bowl the perfect match – 36 straight strikes. He grew increasingly dizzy and sweaty but got 35. In the final frame, he left the last pin standing. A doctor said he had bowled through a stroke and required heart surgery.
Leo Szilard conceived the nuclear chain reaction,the nuclear reactor, and wrote the letter…
Leo Szilard conceived the nuclear chain reaction,the nuclear reactor, and wrote the letter suggesting the Manhattan Project, which Einstein signed. After being diagnosed with bladder cancer, he designed his own radiation therapy which led to a full recovery.
In Japan, there were six hundred year old monoliths telling people not to build…
In Japan, there were six hundred year old monoliths telling people not to build their homes any closer to the water. After a few hundred years many people began ignoring them and built anyway and were swept away in the 2011 tsunami.
There is an inscription at the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository meant…
There is an inscription at the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository meant to last 10,000 years, warning future civilizations of the danger lurking below the mountain.
John Wayne died of stomach cancer, which is highly suggested to have been caused…
John Wayne died of stomach cancer, which is highly suggested to have been caused by filming downwind of a nuclear weapons test. Wayne refused to believe the fallout caused his cancer and instead attributed it to his smoking. However, 90 others from the movie also developed cancer after.
In 1914 Daniel Hess refused to sell the last bit of his property to the city of New York…
In 1914 Daniel Hess refused to sell the last bit of his property to the city of New York after the rest his property had been seized via eminent domain, and today it remains on the sidewalk with a tile that reads “Property of the Hess Estate Which Has Never Been Dedicated For Public Purposes”.
In 500 million years there will be no more total eclipses due to the fact…
In 500 million years there will be no more total eclipses due to the fact that the moon is drifting farther away