Why The Danish Are Happy, Even In The Brutal Winter
The sun sets before four in the afternoon and the temperatures rarely surge above freezing, and yet winter is Denmark’s favorite season thanks to the … Read more
The sun sets before four in the afternoon and the temperatures rarely surge above freezing, and yet winter is Denmark’s favorite season thanks to the … Read more
Robin Williams, Princess Diana, Heath Ledger…you likely never met them but felt pain when you heard about their deaths. Maybe you tweeted about their deaths … Read more
Publishing a novel is a daunting goal, but it is possible. The following authors all have one thing in common: their first books were published … Read more
With Alibi You Always Have A Witness You can never be sure what you may run into over the course of your day. Unexpected occurrences … Read more
OK, this is a weird one, but give the idea a chance: Bioengineers in California are hard at work making cheese — real cheese — … Read more
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) was a man who, to this day, is the tallest person in medical history for … Read more
During the Middle Ages people preferred beer over water due to the scarcity of clean drinking water. Brewing process makes beer cleaner than its original … Read more
Most Indians don’t use toilet paper and consider it cleaner to splash water with their left hand in the right location. In some parts of … Read more
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is the world’s fastest production car with a top speed of 431 km/h. Bugatti Veryon SS, the 1200 hp monster, … Read more
A whipcrack is produced when a section of the whip moves faster than the speed of sound, thus creating a sonic boom. As early as … Read more
Titanic required only 3 functional funnels, fourth was added to make the ship look more impressive. The Olympic-class liners Olympic, Titanic and Britannic were all … Read more
Starbucks, the multi-national coffeehouse chain, was named after Moby Dick character Starbuck. Originally Starbucks was intended to be named as Pequod, a whaleship that appears … Read more
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. The … Read more
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and the Alphabet song have the same melody Although this fact is quiet obvious, it is rarely noticed. The melody for … Read more
In June 24, 2008 Wazir Muhammand, a Pakistani man, received surgery that made him a little bit lighter. 620g (1.36lb) kidney stone was removed from … Read more
Two Alan Shepard is the only person to hit a golf ball on the Moon. During the Apollo 14 mission, he fitted an 8 iron … Read more
Wayne McLaren, David McLean and Dick Hammer all died from lung cancer and ironically these men also appeared in Marlboro Man advertisements, thus earning Marlboro … Read more
The risk of radiation poisoning can be mitigated by taking Potassium iodide (KI), raising the total amount of iodine in the body and therefore reducing … Read more
During the Norman conquest of England and subsequent occupation of England by an army of Normans and French led by Duke William II of Normandy, … Read more
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) born in Italy was known as the universal man because of his many and varied talents. Many seem to remember him more for his … Read more
During the Apollo missions astronauts left various items on the moon to reduce the weight of the Lunar Module Ascent stage. Among those items was … Read more
This is a question we get asked a lot so we thought we’d put people out of their misery. Firstly the word robot comes from … Read more
Most historians document the first vaccination to be around 1796 when English doctor Edward Jenner observed that people working in close proximity to cows were … Read more
Footprints planted on Moon’s surface in 1969 by the Apollo astronauts are still there intact. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot … Read more
Chareles Osborne’s hiccups first started in 1922, at age of 28, while weighing a hog for slaughter. As he says, “I was hanging a 350 … Read more
No country in the southern hemisphere has ever hosted Winter Olympic Games Because Winter Olympic Games are usually held in February, a time, when it’s … Read more
Who designed nazi uniforms? In 1997 Hugo Boss AG confirmed that they, the German clothing factory that eventually became the international menswear powerhouse, manufactured Nazi … Read more
Genghis Khan came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire, he started the Mongol invasions … Read more
Vesna Vulović, a former flight attendant from Serbia, survived a 10,160 metre (33,330 ft) fall without a parachute. On 26 January 1972, a bomb explosion … Read more
Nike purchased its famous “swoosh” logo for only $35 back in 1971. The “swoosh” was made by Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student back in … Read more
The earliest accounts of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas were recorded in Tallin, Estonia in the 15th century The custom of decorating an evergreen … Read more
The world’s largest family consists of a man with 39 wives, 94 children, and 33 grandchildren. They all live in a 100-room, four story house … Read more
Adam Rainer is the only person in recorded history to have been both a dwarf and a giant. Adam Rainer was born in 1899 and … Read more
Stephen King wrote “Cujo” being so intoxicated from alcohol, that he barely remembers writing it at all. “I spent the first twelve years or so … Read more
From 1905, Hitler lived a bohemian life in Vienna, financed by orphan’s benefits and support from his mother. He worked as a casual labourer and … Read more
First All-Touch phone was invented by IBM in 1992, that’s 15 years before iPhone was unveiled. In 2007, Steve Jobs stood on a stage and … Read more