A man who attempted to commit suicide changed his mind at the last minute resulting in a chain reaction train wreck killing 11. He was later sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences.
Preventing an abort of the Apollo 11 mission has been attributed to the work….
Preventing an abort of the Apollo 11 mission has been attributed to the work of Margaret Hamilton, the lead flight software designer for Project Apollo. She was 31 when the lunar module landed on the moon, running her code, and is credited for coining the term “software engineering.”
If the Hoover Dam’s 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete was….
If the Hoover Dam’s 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete was poured all at once, it would have taken 125 years to cool.
After being ordered by court to pay $3.6M in fines, Peter…
After being ordered by court to pay $3.6M in fines, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (The Pirate Bay Co-Founder) wrote them an ‘IOU’.
A RAF pilot accidentally took off with a woman sitting on the tail of the aircraft…
A RAF pilot accidentally took off with a woman sitting on the tail of the aircraft. After a brief flight, the aircraft, pilot and “passenger’ landed safely.
In 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged…
In 2008 in New Jersey, more than 30 officers, including SWAT team members, were engaged in a standoff with a non-responsive supposed bank robber for over an hour before realizing ‘she’ was a cardboard cut-out.
A man was sentenced to 20 hours of Beethoven after being caught for playing….
A man was sentenced to 20 hours of Beethoven after being caught for playing rap music too loud, as an alternative to a full fine. He only lasted 15 minutes before leaving.
When workers were renovating Ireland’s Leap Castle, they found so many human…
When workers were renovating Ireland’s Leap Castle, they found so many human remains impaled on wooden spikes within a wall, it took three cartloads to remove them.
Tallest Man Ever – Robert Wadlow
For reasons that are probably best left to be explained by psychiatrists and psychologists, we humans seem to have a real fascination with things that set records – and it doesn’t seem to matter what kind! Most everyone is familiar with the Guinness Book of World Records which is all about the biggest, the smallest, […]
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Students who have been in DARE classes are more likely…
Students who have been in DARE classes are more likely to use drugs than their non-DARE peers.