When Fidel Castro was 14 he wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt and asked him for a 10 dollar bill because he admired America.
Fermi’s Paradox proposes theory for…
Fermi’s Paradox proposes the theory for why we haven’t heard from or seen any aliens. One of which being that they aren’t communicating because of an impending threat they know about, that we are not aware of.
Oklahoma has the largest number…
Oklahoma has the largest number of lakes made by dams in the U.S. at over 200 lakes. All of Oklahoma’s lakes are man made by making dams. There are no natural lakes in Oklahoma.
The “Chameleon Effect” is how people…
The “Chameleon Effect” is how people subconsciously copy other people. This mainly includes accents, facial mannerisms, and vocal inflections. People who can hear and separate musical notes are more susceptible to the Chameleon Effect, they also come across as more empathetic or nice to others.
Mt. Rushmore was traditionally known…
Mt. Rushmore was traditionally known as the Six Grandfathers (Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe). Named by Lakota medicine man after a vision of the six sacred directions: west, east, north, south, above, and below; said to represent kindness and love, full of years and wisdom, like human grandfathers.
November 2, 2000 was the last time…
November 2, 2000 was the last time all humans were on the planet together. Since then at least one person has remained on the international space station.
Glasgow’s Duke of Wellington statue…
Glasgow’s Duke of Wellington statue was allowed to keep a traffic cone on his head by the local council because every time they removed it over the last 30 years a new one would appear within days costing them £10,000 a year to remove them.
A medieval French soldier climbed…
A medieval French soldier climbed up a toilet into a besieged castle to let his army in. King John of England had specifically requested that toilet be installed for personal use during church services. The castle’s fall led to English loss of Normandy and the signing of the Magna Carta.
Despite being one of the leading artists…
Despite being one of the leading artists of the High Renaissance, only fifteen of Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings have survived. The small number of surviving paintings is due in part to Leonardo’s frequently disastrous experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination.
Isaac Newton studied the occult…
Isaac Newton studied the occult and predicted the end of the world as we know it to happen around the year 2060. He believed humanity would then progress into an era of divinely inspired peace.