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An airplane crashed because the pilot let his son sit at the controls during...
An airplane crashed because the pilot let his son sit at the controls during a flight! On March 23, 1994, the Aeroflot flight 593 was scheduled to fly from Moskow to Hong Kong. The plane took off...
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An alt-rock radio station played a mystery song that became a hit. It was by...
An alt-rock radio station played a mystery song that became a hit. It was by Hanson! In 2007, the Chicago alternative rock radio station Q101 decided to play a little prank on their listeners. The...
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In the original game of Clue, Mr. Green was actually called Reverend Green!
In the original game of Clue, Mr. Green was actually called Reverend Green! The board game Clue (or Cluedo as it's known in Europe) features six fictional murder suspects and challenges it's players to...
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The cost of college textbooks in the US has risen faster than the cost of...
The cost of college textbooks in the US has risen faster than the cost of healthcare, house prices and inflation! College tuition is swiftly increasing, but not quite as much as the price of textbooks....
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In 1672, an angry mob of Dutchmen killed and ate their prime minister!
In 1672, an angry mob of Dutchmen killed and ate their prime minister! In the 17th Century, the Dutch Republic was home to a long-running conflict between the Orange Monarchists and the Republicans...
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A theater company reenacts voice recordings of real planes that crashed!
A theater company reenacts voice recordings of real planes that crashed! Charlie Victor Romano (CVR for short) is a 'performance documentary', which is basically a documentary presented like a play,...
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The USS Johnston did so much damage to the Japanese Navy, the Japanese...
The USS Johnston did so much damage to the Japanese Navy, the Japanese saluted the ship when it eventually sank! There was no greater devastation on a global scale than during the years of World War...
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Iran's government sentences people to death for changing their religion!
Iran's government sentences people to death for changing their religion! Apostasy is a term used to describe the act of someone who leaves their religion of choice. For example, if someone who was...
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There's a dam in India still standing 2000 years after it was built!
There's a dam in India still standing 2000 years after it was built! Near Tiruchi, India is the Grand Anicut dam. The people are pushing for it to be recognized with a World Heritage status. The dam...
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Stock brokers slide their fingers under their nose to signal Deutsche Bank....
Stock brokers slide their fingers under their nose to signal Deutsche Bank. It's origin? Hitler's mustache! Hand signaling is a system of hand signals used on financial trading floors to communicate...
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Dolphins give each other names!
Dolphins give each other names! We know dolphins are pretty smart. In fact, you could say that we're not smart enough yet to know just how smart they really are. A new study by Scottish researchers...
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Wall Street might be using Snapchat for a different kind of naughty pics!
Wall Street might be using Snapchat for a different kind of naughty pics! Snapchat is infamous for basically being a sexting application. For those who don't know about it, the app let's you send...
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Australia has invented 'shark-proof' wetsuits!
Australia has invented 'shark-proof' wetsuits! Sharks are actually not out to get surfers. One of the main reasons why they do attack them is because they look like tasty seals. It bears to logic then,...
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Mosquitoes might be making kids fatter!
Mosquitoes might be making kids fatter! A recent study by Rutgers university is making a strange claim: Mosquitoes are making kids fatter. It's not that mosquitoes are transmitting some sort of...
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A man has been told he's too fat to live in New Zealand!
A man has been told he's too fat to live in New Zealand! The tiny island country is trying hard to curb their obesity rate, as they're third in the world in that infamous statistic. One of the ways...
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A town in Minnesota has a mayor that is 4 years old!
A town in Minnesota has a mayor that is 4 years old! The tiny town of Dorset, Minnesota has a tyke for a mayor. The town doesn't hold elections; they hold a raffle. Every year, they hold the Taste of...
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Scientists can make teeth out of pee!
Scientists can make teeth out of pee! Sounds gross, but it's an amazing scientific achievement. Chinese scientists have found a way to harvest cells from urine, convert them to stem cells and grow...
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A baseball games contain about 18 minutes of baseball!
A baseball games contain about 18 minutes of baseball! The Wall Street Journal decided to conduct an experiment to see how much baseball was in a baseball game. The results? A 3-hour baseball games...
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German police recently pulled over a pool on wheels!
German police recently pulled over a pool on wheels! Four men in Eibenstock, Germany built one of the coolest motor vehicle ideas we've heard in a while: A moving bathing pool. They carved out an old...
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There was a gigantic swastika on a forest that went unnoticed for sixty years!
There was a gigantic swastika on a forest that went unnoticed for sixty years! For those of you who don’t know what a swastika is; it is an equilateral cross with four arms bent at 90 degrees. It has...
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