If you clap your hands in front of Chichen Itza’s El Castillo pyramid, the echo will sound like a chirping bird.
In 1968 big wave surfer Eddie Aikau was selected to be the first lifeguard…
In 1968 big wave surfer Eddie Aikau was selected to be the first lifeguard at Waimea beach in Oahu. Not a single person died during his time as a lifeguard and he rescued over 500 people.
The Euro currency was designed featuring imagery of fictitious bridges to represent…
The Euro currency was designed featuring imagery of fictitious bridges to represent architectural stylings throughout time in Europe, also serving to not feature one country while discriminating others. The Netherlands then built the bridges anyways.
The largest known star is 4,982,686,912 times bigger…
The largest known star is 4,982,686,912 times bigger than the sun, and is only 9,500 light-years away. If placed at the center of the Solar System, its photosphere would engulf the orbit of Jupiter, although the radius is not known for certain and may be larger than the orbit of Saturn.
Before establishing KFC, Colonel Sanders worked at a gas station and….
Before establishing KFC, Colonel Sanders worked at a gas station and got into a gunfight with a rival gas station manager.
Iran tried to get into the Guinness book of world records by making the worlds…
Iran tried to get into the Guinness book of world records by making the worlds largest sandwich. But people started eating it before it could be officially measured so they failed.
Back in the 1950s it was popular to sit in mildly…
Back in the 1950s it was popular to sit in mildly radioactive dirt as a panacea for many diseases. The house in Rotan, TX, was one such establishment.
– via weirduniverse.net
26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men….
26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men’s hockey during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That’s 80% of the entire country’s population. There was one flight that got delayed cause the passengers didn’t want to board the plane cause the game was still ongoing.
Balloonfest ’86 was a publicity stunt where the United Way of Cleveland released….
Balloonfest’86 was a publicity stunt in which the United Way of Cleveland released 1.4 million balloons over the city. The balloons tied up highway and air traffic, caused lawsuits seeking millions in damages, and interfered with a Coast Guard search for two boaters who were later found drowned.
Magazines in waiting rooms are old because new ones…
Magazines in waiting rooms are old because new ones disappear, not lack of supply.