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In 1961, only 10% of physicians thought it was OK to tell a patient about a...
In 1961, only 10% of physicians thought it was OK to tell a patient about a fatal cancer diagnosis! Doctors have always encountered the problem of how to best tell their patient of a terminal sentence....
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It's possible to make Lava. It's apparently great for roasting marshmallows!
It's possible to make Lava. It's apparently great for roasting marshmallows! The Syracuse University Lava Project has begun a recent study in which they create lava and study its properties. Just for...
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Doctor Who was originally meant to be an educational show!
Doctor Who was originally meant to be an educational show! Doctor Who is one of the longest running and most successful TV shows of all time, yet most people don’t know that it was originally intended...
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Finnegans Wake is considered the hardest fiction to read. There's not even...
Finnegans Wake is considered the hardest fiction to read. There's not even consensus on who the characters are! Finnegans Wake is a work of fiction by James Joyce that’s famous for its unique style of...
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No LA police officers have died in the line of duty in almost 4 years.
No LA police officers have died in the line of duty in almost 4 years. Knock on wood! Only total of 200 officers from the Los Angeles Police Department are officially recognized as dying in the line of...
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Johnny Appleseed originally wanted to plant apples to make booze!
Johnny Appleseed originally wanted to plant apples to make booze! Hard cider is a fermented alcoholic beverage made exclusively from apple juice. You may even know it by its other name; “apple wine.”...
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The world's longest ongoing experiment is 85 years old. You can watch it on a...
The world's longest ongoing experiment is 85 years old. You can watch it on a webcam! It was started in 1927 by Professor Thomas Parnell to reveal the distinctive properties of an everyday material;...
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Twitter, Wikipedia, and AIM all crashed at 3:15pm the day Michael Jackson died.
Twitter, Wikipedia, and AIM all crashed at 3:15pm the day Michael Jackson died. Michael Jackson’s death is still pretty fresh in the American public’s memory. On the day he died three years ago, there...
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Despite tobacco ads being banned from Formula One, Ferrari has a $100m...
Despite tobacco ads being banned from Formula One, Ferrari has a $100m contract with Marlboro! The EU banned tobacco advertising in motorsports in 2007, and for good reasons too- children and young...
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Natalie Portman helped with the writing of The Social Network!
Natalie Portman helped with the writing of The Social Network! During one of the scenes in the movie, lawyers are questioning Mark Zuckerburg’s character and it is mentioned that creating Facebook made...
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Despite being about 2% of your body, your Brain burns 20% of your calories!
Despite being about 2% of your body, your Brain burns 20% of your calories! Your brain’s one hard-working, little contraption- so it’s no surprise that it needs roughly a fifth of your daily calories...
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Nicholas Cage has appeared in 75 movies in 31 years. That's 2.4 movies per year!
Nicholas Cage has appeared in 75 movies in 31 years. That's 2.4 movies per year! Nicholas Cage, aside from being a movie star is quite famous right here on the Internet for the as well. The “you don’t...
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The woman who started the WTC Survivors network was in Spain when 9/11...
The woman who started the WTC Survivors network was in Spain when 9/11 happened. She made her story up! A woman made up a story about being on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center when it was hit...
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An anonymous donor pays for the college education of every student in...
An anonymous donor pays for the college education of every student in Kalamazoo, Michigan! The Kalamazoo Promise is a pledge by a group of anonymous donors to pay 100 percent of tuition to any of...
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Women in Utah could vote 50 years before other women. Congress took the right...
Women in Utah could vote 50 years before other women. Congress took the right away because they were voting FOR polygamy! So, Utah women gained the right to vote…twice. In 1870, women were given the...
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Michael Jackson did NOT invent the moonwalk.
Michael Jackson did NOT invent the moonwalk. Moonwalking is the king of dance moves, but surprisingly, the King of Pop didn't create it. For those of you who have spent your entire live isolated from...
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Bears fans drank virtually ALL the Beer in Nashville!
Bears fans drank virtually ALL the Beer in Nashville! The Bears are having a spectacular year in the NFL. The OMG-Facts home team has a 7-1 record and are atop their division and are favorites to go...
View Article'N Sync's I'll Never Stop was the best selling cassette in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
'N Sync's I'll Never Stop was the best selling cassette in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Cassettes seem extremely quaint nowadays. While audiophiles still pine for the fidelity of vinyl records, nobody pays...
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The pope drinks four cans of Fanta per day!
The pope drinks four cans of Fanta per day! Pope Benedict XVI is a major Fanta fan. When the Archbishop of York John Sentamu visited the pope at the Vatican in 2008, he brought a case of Holy Grail...
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NASA is making plans to sent people to Mars!
NASA is making plans to sent people to Mars! No matter where you land on your politics, this piece of news will probably bring out the giddy nerd in you. Several reports have told Space.com that NASA...
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