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.
A study of alcohol-stealing monkeys found that they could be divided…
A study of alcohol-stealing monkeys found that they could be divided into four groups: teetotaler, social drinker (the majority who only drink with other monkeys and not before lunch), regular drinker and binge drinkers that will drink themselves into a coma or death.
A fifth wheel was a concept to help with parallel parking…
A fifth wheel was a concept to help with parallel parking in the 1950’s.
ATM PINs were originally intended to have six digits, but have four…
ATM PINs were originally intended to have six digits, but have four because the inventor’s wife said she could only remember that many.