In June 2021, a Diver off the coast of Massachusetts was swallowed by a whale. He was trapped in its mouth for nearly a minute before being belched out, surviving with minor injuries.
Before he was the best-selling author…
Before he was the best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown tried his luck as a musician. In 1994 he released an album called Angels & Demons—a title he reused for a 2000 novel.
Due to environmental concerns…
Due to environmental concerns, it’s illegal to do dishes in Finland’s lakes.
Leo Marks, a WWII cryptographer…
Leo Marks, a WWII cryptographer, suspected that Germans had infiltrated the Dutch network in 1943 because all messages were being sent without any errors. To test his theory, Marks sent a message with “HH” and received “HH” in response. “HH” was a common German sign-off for “Heil Hitler.”
In 1996, A group of UFO conspiracy…
In 1996, A group of UFO conspiracy theorists from Long Island, New York led by a retired court bailiff had stolen radioactive materials and planned to assassinate Suffolk County politicians with deadly toothpaste, to expose the existence of aliens.
There’s a village in the Spanish…
There’s a village in the Spanish region of Málaga, Andalusia that celebrates 4th of July. Macharaviaya was the birthplace of Bernardo de Gálvez, one of the Founding Fathers of the US, who supported the colonists and their French allies in the American Revolutionary War.
The Resolute Desk was built from the scrap…
The Resolute Desk was built from the scrap of the HMS Resolute. It has been used by most Presidents since 1880.
The UK had the desk built from the timbers of the Resolute was because the Resolute had been gifted to the UK by the people of the United States.
The Resolute was a polar exploration vessel that became ice-locked and was abandoned by its crew. It was salvaged by Americans. Under international maritime law, that meant it belonged to those Americans. But the US government purchased it, repaired and refitted it, and sent it back to the UK as a gift.
So when it was broken up years latter, the desk was made and sent to the US as a reciprocal gesture.
In 1961, Thomas Monaghan got…
In 1961, Thomas Monaghan got half-ownership of “Domino’s”, now one of the largest pizza companies in the world. All he had to give in return was his used Volkswagen Beetle car.
Crisis Apparition is a term used to explain when someone is contacted
Crisis Apparition is a term used to explain when someone is contacted by a person they were close too, usually after death. During the after math of 9/11 many people claim to have been contacted by loved ones that died that day.
NASA planned to send astronauts…
NASA planned to send astronauts to Mars in 1981 using Nerva nuclear rockets but congress cut NASA’s funding and Nixon cancelled the Nerva project entirely in 1973, causing Nasa to focus on the development of the Space Shuttle instead.