In 1897, the U.S. Army sent 20 Buffalo Soldiers on a 1,900-mile bicycle expedition from Montana to Missouri. Armed with rifles, camping gear, and an apparently unlimited supply of determination, they battled mountains, mud, sand, and scorching heat. Nineteen completed the journey, proving that bicycles could serve military purposes. The Army celebrated the Iron Riders’…
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John Von Neumann (December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a pure and applied mathematician, physicist, inventor, and polymath. He made major contributions to mathematics (foundations of mathematics, functional analysis, ergodic theory, geometry, topology, and numerical analysis), physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics, and fluid dynamics), economics (game theory), computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines,…
Daniel Tammett first came to worldwide prominence on March 14th, 2004 – otherwise known as Pi Day (3/14). To raise money for an epilepsy foundation, Tammett spent five straight hours reciting the numeric value of pi to the 22,514th decimal place, all from memory. Tammett, an epileptic, had picked up his remarkable memorization skills after…
Victor Lustig was one of the most successful con men of all time.
Discover how students pulled off an epic MIT prank on Harvard during the 1982 Harvard-Yale football game. Watch the video and learn why engineers are the ultimate pranksters!
In 1835 the world was gripped by the news that life had been discovered on the moon. Was it true?
In Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig. If you have one, you must have a second to go with it. Read about more strange laws. Read more fun facts about animals.
Grigori Rasputin supposedly survived poison, gunshots, a beating, and drowning before finally dying. The problem is that much of that famous story is probably fiction. Here’s what the evidence says really happened on the night Rasputin was murdered.
In 1957, the BBC executed the legendary Spaghetti Tree Hoax, convincing viewers that spaghetti grew on trees in Switzerland. The segment, featuring credible narration, sparked a flurry of inquiries from the public seeking to cultivate their own spaghetti trees. This prank reflects a bygone era of media influence and trust.
About 5,500 unexploded bombs left over from World War II are uncovered each year in Germany. source
In 2011 Granen, a small Spanish town on the brink of economic collapse, bet in the world’s largest lottery and won €700 million ($761,110,000). source
The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million. source
Until the mid-1960s most American car horns were tuned to the musical notes of E-flat or C. Since then, many manufacturers have moved up on the scale to notes F-sharp and A-sharp.
Canadian researchers have found that Albert Einstein’s brain was 15% wider than normal.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. source
The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
