The Day a Cheese Cannonball Was Fired in War (Yes, Really)
Yes, a cheese cannonball was really fired in war. Discover this bizarre moment and other strange facts from the devastating Paraguayan War.
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This Just In: Nothing Happening Today
Read more: This Just In: Nothing Happening TodayOn April 18, 1930, listeners to the BBC News heard the stunning report, “There is no news today.” The remainder of the program featured piano music. Read some funny and questionable newspaper headlines. Read about the rampage in New York when animals escaped from the zoo — but it was all a hoax.
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The Snowflake the Size of a Hubcap
Read more: The Snowflake the Size of a HubcapThe largest recorded snowflake was in Keogh, Montana in 1887. It was 15 inches wide. The phenomenon was witnessed by the personnel at Fort Keogh, and the reports are reliable enough that Guinness World Records has certified that monster snowflake to be the largest ever recorded. Learn about the most snow to fall in one…
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The Kettle War of 1784: How One Shot Spilled More Soup Than Blood
Read more: The Kettle War of 1784: How One Shot Spilled More Soup Than BloodIn 1784, a conflict between the Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire ended when a kettle of soup was spilled. Learn the fascinating history of The Kettle War.
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Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin
Read more: Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette ColvinIt was 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. The young African-American woman was seated on a segregated bus, when she was told to give up her seat for a white passenger. She refused and was promptly arrested. If this story sounds familiar to you, and you think you are reading about Rosa Parks, think again. This incident…
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The Worst Kind Of Heart Trouble
Read more: The Worst Kind Of Heart Trouble“If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” — Bob Hope Read more fun facts about Bob Hope. Learn how an act of charity led to one of history’s greatest paradoxes.
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A Good Housekeeper Is Worth Her Weight in … Disney Stock
Read more: A Good Housekeeper Is Worth Her Weight in … Disney StockBy all accounts, Thelma Pearl Howard was a woman of modest means. She died on June 10, 1994, just 16 days short of her 80th birthday. Her closest friends and family thought the most interesting thing about Thelma was the thirty years she served as housekeeper to Walt Disney. They never imagined that she was…
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Mark Twain’s Fashion Tips
Read more: Mark Twain’s Fashion Tips“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” — Mark Twain Read more Mark Twain fun facts and funny quotes. Learn about fun and interesting customs.
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Most Creative Use of a Death Beam: Paying Off a Hotel Bill
Read more: Most Creative Use of a Death Beam: Paying Off a Hotel BillNikola Tesla invented many brilliant devices such as electric oscillators and the Tesla coil. He was also quite gifted at inventing ways to get out of debt. One of those methods led him to pay off a hotel bill with a “death beam.”
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Middle Age, According to Bennett Cerf
Read more: Middle Age, According to Bennett CerfMiddle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don’t recognize you. — Bennett Cerf
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Thomas Jefferson’s Moose Gift Was a Moot Point
Read more: Thomas Jefferson’s Moose Gift Was a Moot PointWhen naturalist George-Louis Leclerc Buffon espoused his “theory of degeneracy,” he raised a few eyebrows and hurt the feelings of more than a few. His theory was that all species — including humans — living in the American colonies suffered because of the miserable conditions. As a result, all living things in the New World…
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True Humility
Read more: True Humility“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” — C.S. Lewis Read fun facts about religion. Read more great quotes.
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A One Billion Year Lap
Read more: A One Billion Year LapAlthough the number of galaxies is so vast that they cannot be accurately counted, they have one thing in common. All disk galaxies, no matter their size or mass, rotate once every billion years. “It’s not Swiss watch precision,” said Gerhardt Meurer, an astronomer from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), “but regardless…
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Christianity’s Full Potential
Read more: Christianity’s Full Potential“Christ died to do more for us than most of us ever let Him.” — Dr. Dennis Kinlaw Learn about the king who wanted his heart to be buried in the Holy Land. Learn about the Viking leader who faked a conversion to Christianity so he could conquer a city.
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The Georgia Guidestones: The Mysterious Monument With Instructions for Rebuilding Humanity after the End of the World
Read more: The Georgia Guidestones: The Mysterious Monument With Instructions for Rebuilding Humanity after the End of the WorldThe Georgia Guidestones: mysterious instructions for rebuilding civilization after Doomsday. What were they and what happened to them? Find out here!
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One Sure Thing….
Read more: One Sure Thing….“You know nothing for sure…except the fact that you know nothing for sure.” — John F. Kennedy Read more fun facts about President John F. Kennedy. Read fun facts about philosophy and philosophers.
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