In 2006, Mark Zuckerberg turned down a $1 billion deal with Yahoo at the age of 22 saying:”I don’t know what I could do with the money. I’d just start another social networking site. I kind of like the one I already have.”
Only one Soviet male was awarded the “Mother Heroine Medal”…
Only one Soviet male was awarded the “Mother Heroine Medal” (reserved for women who bore at least 10 children), because he adopted 12 children.
In 2010 in Pennsylvania man was charged with breaking…
In 2010 in Pennsylvania man was charged with breaking a trooper’s fist with his face.
In Mexico, 94% of all crimes are not…
In Mexico, 94% of all crimes are not investigated.
A French man has developed a pill that makes your farts…
A French man has developed a pill that makes your farts smell like chocolate.
Humans racing each other on all fours…
Humans racing each other on all fours is a thing. The fastest 100 m running on all fours is 15.86 seconds and was achieved by Katsumi Tamakoshi (Japan).
There is a small village in Japan that invented the practice…
There is a small village in Japan that invented the practice of rice paddy art whereby 4 different strains of rice are planted in a pattern so that they form a picture once the rice matures.
A man unearthed a hoard of Roman gold coins worth $156,000 within…
A man unearthed a hoard of Roman gold coins worth $156,000 within 20 minutes of his first time using a metal detector.
During the ’92 Rodney King riots in LA, Korean store owners, afraid the LAPD…
During the ’92 Rodney King riots in LA, Korean store owners, afraid the LAPD would not come to their aid, banded together on rooftops with assault weapons and saved Koreatown from looting.
In 1964, riots broke out in North Philadelphia over a false rumor…
In 1964, riots broke out in North Philadelphia over a false rumor that police beat a pregnant black woman to death. Over 200 businesses were looted or destroyed. Most of those businesses never returned, which lead to much of North Philadelphia turning into the crime-ridden slum we see today.