In 1991 a braindead woman was kept “alive” because she was pregnant. The baby was born alive.
In 2010, when Google replaced their logo with playable…
In 2010, when Google replaced their logo with playable Pacman, users spent an extra 36 seconds on the page. Assuming this time was wasted, it resulted in a $120M loss in man hours.
Immediately after the Challenger explosion, shares…
Immediately after the Challenger explosion, shares of every corporation involved in the Space Shuttle dropped. But by the end of the day, most had rebounded; only Morton Thiokol remained low. This was months before the official investigation found Thiokol to be responsible for the disaster.
No study has shown the food additive MSG…
No study has shown the food additive MSG to be dangerous and the entire public outcry against it in the 1970s was because of one letter sent to the New England Journal of Medicine.
During the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw…
During the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact soldiers, road signs in towns were removed or painted over to confuse invading troops—except for those indicating the way to Moscow.
Chaupadi is a traditional Hindu practice that…
Chaupadi is a traditional Hindu practice that banishes menstruating women — considered unclean — from the rest of the house. Nepali women are not allowed to touch kitchen utensils, share the same water source, go to school, or sleep inside the home during their periods. Instead, they sleep in huts, animal sheds, caves or even in the open.
St Augustine, who lived in the 4th century, advocated…
St Augustine, who lived in the 4th century, advocated that god should have made use of natural, evolutionary, original causes in the production of man’s body. He believed it was the soul that was created through a supernatural process, the body was created through a natural evolutionary process.
Mob boss John Gotti’s youngest son was hit by…
Mob boss John Gotti’s youngest son was hit by a neighbors car while riding a mini bike, and killed. Not long after the accident the neighbor went missing and has never been found.
There is a theory that humans were not fully conscious…
There is a theory that humans were not fully conscious until 3000 years ago, and that instead people heard their consciousnesses as a separate voice that commanded them, and this may have been the source of the beliefs of many ancient gods.
Ten Facts That Sound Like Lies, But Are Completely True
Facts that sound like lies, but are completely true… Accompanied by Britney Spears GIFs.
1. When you get a kidney transplant, your kidneys are usually left in your body and a 3rd one is put in your pelvis.
And yes, if you know someone who has had two kidney transplants, they can totally have 4 kidneys.
2. Cosmic rays from outer space frequently cause glitches in your electronics.
Your cars and phones are not safe.
3. Your eyes have a pretty large blind spot that your brain is just filling with what it “thinks” you should be seeing.
Yes, your brain loves to mess with you.
4. Falling coconuts kill more people every year than sharks.
Coconuts… you just don’t see them coming.
5. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
Bananas… they’re closer to us than we thought.
6. Strawberries aren’t really berries… But avocados are.
Your life is a lie
7. Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.
Your life is still a lie.
8. It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.
You’re living on the wrong planet.
9. There once existed a flying reptile that was the size of a giraffe.
They’re extinct now so if you had no reason to be happy today, now you have one.
10. If you have 23 people in a room, there’s a 50% chance two of them have the same birthday
But there’s a 100% chance that your birthday will be more important than theirs.
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