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A man deposited a junk mail check for 95K as a joke… and it was honored!
A man deposited a junk mail check for 95K as a joke… and it was honored! A get-rich-quick company sent junk mail out to people trying to get them to bite. They sent Patrick Combs a check made out in...
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Abraham Lincoln first thought that his Gettysburg address was a complete...
Abraham Lincoln first thought that his Gettysburg address was a complete disaster! The original Gettysburg address was a disaster: no one expected Lincoln to show up, he wasn't the key speaker, and the...
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KFC's Colonel Sanders once killed a man in a shootout
KFC's Colonel Sanders once killed a man in a shootout Colonel Sanders, the iconic face on the Kentucky Fried Chicken logo, was actually a real man. If you didn't know that, don't worry you're not...
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Ugg boots were popularized by surfers to keep their feet warm after leaving...
Ugg boots were popularized by surfers to keep their feet warm after leaving the cold ocean! Uggs have been around for a long time in Australia and New Zealand. There’s actually a long running dispute...
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Biochemically, being in love may be indistinguishable from having severe OCD!
Biochemically, being in love may be indistinguishable from having severe OCD! Donatella Marazziti, Alessandra Rossi, and Giovanni B. Cassano won a Nobel Prize in 2001 for their research in chemistry....
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There’s a website dedicated to finding out KFCs secret recipe!
There’s a website dedicated to finding out KFCs secret recipe! So, there’s this blog site online with a community of people trying to figure out the original KFC recipe. They have forums with all the...
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Disney’s Frankenweenie is a remake of a film that got Tim Burton fired from...
Disney’s Frankenweenie is a remake of a film that got Tim Burton fired from Disney in 1984! Frankenweenie was a short film directed by Tim Burton in 1984. At the time, Burton was on the Disney staff....
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The reason the US Military enforced a facial hair ban was due to gas masks!
The reason the US Military enforced a facial hair ban was due to gas masks! The U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps prohibit beards or other facial hair. They aren’t allowed on the basis of hygiene,...
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Seahorses are promiscuous, flighty, and show a high percentage of same-sex acts!
Seahorses are promiscuous, flighty, and show a high percentage of same-sex acts! Seahorses will flirt with as many as 25 potential partners in a day, and about 37% of seahorse sexual encounters are...
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Secret vaults in an Indian temple had over $22 BILLION in treasure!
Secret vaults in an Indian temple had over $22 BILLION in treasure! Diamond encrusted statues, gold and jewels that had accumulated over 150 years were uncovered in a temple in Trivandrum, India. The...
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Jack Daniel's last words were "One last drink, please"
Jack Daniel's last words were "One last drink, please" Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel was a distiller and is famous for creating Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey. The alcohol is so well known today that it...
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People in the 1990s had their mortgages financed thanks to Benjamin Franklin!...
People in the 1990s had their mortgages financed thanks to Benjamin Franklin! How’s that possible? Learn here When Benjamin Franklin died, he bequeathed 1,000 pounds to Boston and 1,000 pounds to...
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A baseball player’s dad forced him to hit lefty, and that helped him set a...
A baseball player’s dad forced him to hit lefty, and that helped him set a baseball record! Learn more Prince Fielder was born in Ontario, California in 1983 and it was during that time that his...
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Why are ‘Where’s Waldo’ books considered one of the top 100 banned books?
Why are ‘Where’s Waldo’ books considered one of the top 100 banned books? Where’s Waldo was a series of detailed illustration books by Martin Handford, a British illustrator, and they were very popular...
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There’s a series of hieroglyphics on Easter Island that no one has managed to...
There’s a series of hieroglyphics on Easter Island that no one has managed to figure out yet! Rongorongo is a series of glyphs found on Easter Island in the 19th century. The glyphs look to be actual...
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A painting by a chimp was passed off as modern art by a French artist. And...
A painting by a chimp was passed off as modern art by a French artist. And critics loved it! They say art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Some might even feel that a chimpanzee’s paintings...
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Jack White from The White Stripes only records in analog and edits his tapes...
Jack White from The White Stripes only records in analog and edits his tapes manually with a razor blade! Musicians are known for being a little quirky--some more than others. Lady Gaga and her meat...
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Sylvester Stallone's slurred speech is actually caused by an accident at...
Sylvester Stallone's slurred speech is actually caused by an accident at birth that caused semi-paralysis in parts of his face Sylvester Stallone is well known as an actor and especially as an action...
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Bill Nye, the science guy invented an improved version of ballet shoes!
Bill Nye, the science guy invented an improved version of ballet shoes! Children of the 1990's know Bill Nye. They know him better as "Bill Nye the Science Guy." Wonderful were the days when a...
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14% of people don’t have this tendon in their arm! Do you have it? Learn how...
14% of people don’t have this tendon in their arm! Do you have it? Learn how to check here The palmaris longus is a small tendon in the wrist. However, not everyone has it. About 14% of the human...
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