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On January 1, 1907, Theodore Roosevelt shook the hands of 8,510 people, setting a world record he held for over 70 years...
05/10/2022

On January 1, 1907, Theodore Roosevelt shook the hands of 8,510 people, setting a world record he held for over 70 years.

Skateistan is an organization in Afghanistan dedicated to young people's education and skating. 50 percent of the childr...
05/10/2022

Skateistan is an organization in Afghanistan dedicated to young people's education and skating. 50 percent of the children skating are girls because Afghanistan culture views it as a toy rather than a sport.

Valery Spiridonov is a man who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman's, a muscle-wasting disease which has left him in a wheelcha...
05/10/2022

Valery Spiridonov is a man who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman's, a muscle-wasting disease which has left him in a wheelchair. He has volunteered to partake in the world's first head transplant which will take place as early as December of 2017.

British colonials in India used gin to cover the bitter taste of anti-malarial quinine tonic, thus creating the Gin & To...
05/10/2022

British colonials in India used gin to cover the bitter taste of anti-malarial quinine tonic, thus creating the Gin & Tonic.

An illiterate man named John Corcoran was a high school teacher for 17 years before anyone realized he couldn’t read.
05/10/2022

An illiterate man named John Corcoran was a high school teacher for 17 years before anyone realized he couldn’t read.

Guard llamas are a real thing and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails. They are used to prote...
05/10/2022

Guard llamas are a real thing and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails. They are used to protect farm animals from coyotes and foxes. Most llamas also have an innate dislike for canines and will chase and attack such intruders with "extreme prejudice".

‘All Alone’ was a war pigeon in World War 2 who parachuted with a spy into France, before being dispatched back with imp...
05/10/2022

‘All Alone’ was a war pigeon in World War 2 who parachuted with a spy into France, before being dispatched back with important information. She then flew more than 400 miles across the English Channel back to England in less than 24 hours. After the war, All Alone was awarded the Dickin Medal for gallantry.

American President William Henry Harrison delivered his 1 hour 45-minute inaugural address in a snowstorm while wearing ...
05/10/2022

American President William Henry Harrison delivered his 1 hour 45-minute inaugural address in a snowstorm while wearing neither a hat or coat, promptly contracted pneumonia, and died less than a month later, making his the shortest presidency in history.

Native Americans in the 1964 movie 'Cheyenne Autumn', (because no one on the set spoke their language) would say crude r...
05/10/2022

Native Americans in the 1964 movie 'Cheyenne Autumn', (because no one on the set spoke their language) would say crude remarks that made it into the movie. In the scene where the treaty is signed, you can hear (but not understand) them mocking the size of the colonel's p*nis.

For centuries, Kurdish villagers knew an ancient rock relief simply as “Naram-Sin”, but didn’t know who or what it repre...
05/10/2022

For centuries, Kurdish villagers knew an ancient rock relief simply as “Naram-Sin”, but didn’t know who or what it represented. Later, archaeologists discovered it to be a depiction of Naram-Sin of Akkad, King of the Akkadian Empire (the world’s first empire) who ruled over 4200 years ago.

The lower Mississippi River is in danger of changing its course to the gulf. The river has been forced through New Orlea...
05/10/2022

The lower Mississippi River is in danger of changing its course to the gulf. The river has been forced through New Orleans artificially by a series of floodgates. If they fail it will shift course 85 miles west and make America's largest port effectively useless overnight.

Staff members of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange incorrectly addressed mail.
30/09/2022

Staff members of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange incorrectly addressed mail.

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