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In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just ONE Guinea Pig!
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just ONE Guinea Pig! According to the Swiss government, Guinea Pigs are incredibly social creatures - and it would be cruel to keep such a social butterfly in...
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Vin Diesel played Dungeons and Dragons for over 20 years!
Vin Diesel played Dungeons and Dragons for over 20 years! Vin Diesel is known for playing the 'tough guy' in most of his films, and is recognized mostly by his appearances in the Fast and the Furious...
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Harper Lee once got a year's wages as a gift. She took time off to write To...
Harper Lee once got a year's wages as a gift. She took time off to write To Kill a Mockingbird! Nelle Harper Lee was born in 1925. She was known as a loner and a individualist who wasn't worried about...
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In a study requiring them to write out 'door' 30 times in 60 seconds, 68...
In a study requiring them to write out 'door' 30 times in 60 seconds, 68 percent of participants began to doubt that 'door' was a real word. You’ve probably experienced repeating a word so many times...
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The cargo door of a 747 once cause a decompression that resulted in 9...
The cargo door of a 747 once cause a decompression that resulted in 9 passengers being ejected from 22,000 ft high! In 1989, the forward cargo door of a 747 failed and opened up. The plane was carrying...
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More lasting relationships have resulted from "The Biggest Loser" than from...
More lasting relationships have resulted from "The Biggest Loser" than from the "Bachelor/ette series. " "The Bachelorette" may be one of the most popular dating reality TV shows out there, but it...
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Mao launched a campaign to get constructive criticism on China & the...
Mao launched a campaign to get constructive criticism on China & the communist party. He persecuted whoever participated! The Hundreds Flower Campaign was a period in 1956 in China during which the...
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Despite their savage reputation, the Vikings were huge fans of poetry!
Despite their savage reputation, the Vikings were huge fans of poetry! When you think of the word 'poetry', you probably don't think of a Viking - someone who is typically pictured with a long beard,...
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Blackbeard tied and lit slow-burning fuses to his hair when he boarded a...
Blackbeard tied and lit slow-burning fuses to his hair when he boarded a ship. It made him look like the devil! Blackbeard was the most famous pirate to ever sail the seas. There are many myths mixed...
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A pizza company in Alaska that delivers by plane!
A pizza company in Alaska that delivers by plane! Airport Pizza is a company in Alaska that delivers pizza by plane. That delivery fee must be ridiculous, no? Actually delivery is free. Thanks to...
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A company once hid a $1000 prize on their terms of service. It took 5 months...
A company once hid a $1000 prize on their terms of service. It took 5 months for someone to claim it! Nobody reads the End-User License Agreements, right? Well if you were a customer of PC Pitstop,...
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You can clone your dog in South Korea!
You can clone your dog in South Korea! Since Dolly the Sheep was cloned in 1996, there has been a big ethical debate over what the limits of genetic cloning should be. A company in South Korea is...
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The Harlem Shake Is A Legitimate Dance Move That Originated In Harlem, New...
The Harlem Shake Is A Legitimate Dance Move That Originated In Harlem, New York in 1981! We are not talking about that air-humping we call the Harlem Shake, nor the song. The original Harlem Shake was...
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Until the 1970s, many places in the US had 'Ugly Laws' which banned disabled...
Until the 1970s, many places in the US had 'Ugly Laws' which banned disabled people from appearing in public From the late 1860s until the 1970s, several American cities had ugly laws making it illegal...
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In 2005, a baby was born with a second head that could blink and smile!
In 2005, a baby was born with a second head that could blink and smile! In 2005, an Egyptian girl named Manar Maged was born with a condition called craniopagus parasiticus. It’s a very rare birth...
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Fight Clubs has a Starbucks cup in every single scene!
Fight Clubs has a Starbucks cup in every single scene! If you haven't seen Fight Club, it's one of those movies that is so incredibly mind bending that you have to see it at some point in your life....
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As a reward for winning the Nobel Prize, Niels Bohr got a house filled with...
As a reward for winning the Nobel Prize, Niels Bohr got a house filled with unlimited beer! In 1922, Niels Bohr - a renowned scientist at the time, and perhaps one of the greatest scientific minds that...
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Porn actors are 80% less likely to have an STD than other people their same age!
Porn actors are 80% less likely to have an STD than other people their same age! A lot of people associate filming pornography with risky sexual behaviors. The truth of the matter might be quite the...
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The sum of a tree's branches equals the thickness of its trunk!
The sum of a tree's branches equals the thickness of its trunk! It’s also called Da Vinci’s Rule of the Trees; and knew about this rule 500 years ago and it was recently validated by scientists who...
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Pepsi once owned one of the largest submarine fleets in the world!
Pepsi once owned one of the largest submarine fleets in the world! In 1990, Pepsi and the Soviet Union made one of the most famous and interesting trades ever. In exchange for Pepsi products, the...
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