Ruth Lawrence, a child prodigy, passed the Oxford University maths exam at age 10, coming first out of all 530 candidates, she then completed the degree a year early by age 13.
52% of Americans can’t afford the house that they…
52% of Americans can’t afford the house that they are currently living in right now.
A professor of medical psychology in New York started hearing a voice…
A professor of medical psychology in New York started hearing a voice in her head in 1965. Her colleague encouraged her to write down what it said. The voice produced 3 volumes of “spiritual psychology,” some of which is written in iambic pentameter.
The New Madrid fault created a massive earthquake a couple centuries ago…
The New Madrid fault created a massive earthquake a couple centuries ago, causing the Mississippi to flow backwards in 1811-1812. This backwards flow created Reelfoot Lake in North Tennessee.
Cold is contagious: In a new study, when subjects looked at someone dipping…
Cold is contagious: In a new study, when subjects looked at someone dipping their hands into ice water, their own hands actually grew colder.
Lego has no military related sets because the inventor’s policy was to not…
Lego has no military related sets because the inventor’s policy was to not want to make war seem like child’s play.
Eminem was so severely bullied in public school that his mother…
Eminem was so severely bullied in public school that his mother sued the local school board for “failing to sufficiently protect her child”.
Alan Ralsky, a spammer known as the Godfather of Spam, was signed up for junk…
Alan Ralsky, a spammer known as the Godfather of Spam, was signed up for junk snail mail by hundreds of Slashdot readers who found his home address. He said “They’ve signed me up for every advertising campaign and mailing list there is..These people are out of their minds. They’re harassing me.”
Poon Kim holds the record for surviving adrift in a life raft at 133…
Poon Kim holds the record for surviving adrift in a life raft at 133 days in 1942-43. When told no one had ever survived longer on a raft at sea, he replied, “I hope no one will ever have to break that record.”
One of the more common crossword writers for the New York Times…
One of the more common crossword writers for the New York Times, David Steinerg, is 19 Years old. He was first published in the NYT when he was 14.