Italy’s Credem Bank takes Parmesan cheese from local producers in exchange for cheap loans (charging 3-5% interest, depending on quality) & a fee ensuring the cheese matures properly (2yrs) in the bank vault (cheese is sold if the loan defaults). 430,000 Parmesan wheels ($200M+) are stored there.
There’s an entire subculture convinced that people shift around between…
There’s an entire subculture convinced that people shift around between “alternate realities” to explain why they remember things that didn’t happen.
A 13 year old girl from Louisiana is working to be a crew…
A 13 year old girl from Louisiana is working to be a crew member on a Mars One.
Sony has a patent on making viewers yell product names…
Sony has a patent on making viewers yell product names out loud to end TV ads.
John Belushi would sabotage anything written by women when he was on SNL…
John Belushi would sabotage anything written by women when he was on SNL, because he believed women were ‘fundamentally not funny’.
Coke was sued for the “unwarranted health claims” on their product…
Coke was sued for the “unwarranted health claims” on their product Vitaminwater. Coke’s defense was “no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage.”
4 percent of Americans believe that shape-shifting “Lizard People” are in political control…
4 percent of Americans believe that shape-shifting “Lizard People” are in political control of the US and the world. 7 percent were unsure.
4 states (Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine) have laws prohibiting the use…
4 states (Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine) have laws prohibiting the use of outdoor advertising with billboards.
In 1972 some of Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger’s crew carried out…
In 1972 some of Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger’s crew carried out two-dozen acts of sabotage to prevent the ship from returning to Vietnam.
Crows are monogamous and raise families together. Offspring from previous seasons…
Crows are monogamous and raise families together. Offspring from previous seasons even remain with the family to help rear new nestlings.