Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski saved 8,000 Jews during the Holocaust by injecting dead typhus cells into them, allowing them to test positive for typhus despite being healthy. Germans were afraid of the highly contagious disease and refused to deport them to concentration camps.
The entire country of Liechtenstein can be rented…
The entire country of Liechtenstein can be rented for $70,000 a day.
A man spent $600 A DAY on the Florida Lotto, racking up…
A man spent $600 A DAY on the Florida Lotto, racking up $600,000 debt before hitting the jackpot.
Mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement…
Mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen.” Inspired by Helen of Troy, a millihelen is defined as “the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.”
Steve Jobs “eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs” at Apple when…
Steve Jobs “eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs” at Apple when he became CEO and declined to join Bill Gates’ “Giving Pledge”.
A secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car…
A secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn’t start – Jobs came back the same afternoon and threw her a set of keys for a brand new Jaguar saying: “Here, don’t be late anymore.”
A lot of that weird creepy music in horror movies is performed…
A lot of that weird creepy music in horror movies is performed on one unique instrument called a waterphone.
France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because…
France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because of its “intrusion on people’s innermost beliefs”.
In 2003 the U.S. Government forcibly seized some 500 horses from two elderly…
In 2003 the U.S. Government forcibly seized some 500 horses from two elderly Western Shoshone women on the grounds that they were grazing and destroying “public land”, they later found vast deposits of gold, phosphates, and geothermal energy and are now power mining to extract the gold.
Martin Pistorious fell into a coma as a young boy. 2 years…
Martin Pistorious fell into a coma as a young boy. 2 years into his 12 year vegetative state his conscience was awakened. He was trapped for 10 years in his body, unable to communicate, with only his thoughts for company.