Most of us, if not all, have seen the distressing photographs of seabirds coated in oil after an oil spill. Some, fortunately, are saved after a thorough cleaning, but the impact of an oil spill reaches far beyond dirty seabirds. Environmental Impacts Oil sticks to everything it comes into contact with, from a bird’s feathers…… Read More »
Whitewall Tires were not originally an aesthetic choice, but a result of the chemicals used to treat the natural rubber. Natural rubber tires were all-white until carbon black was added to the treads to improve tread wear, resulting in the classic black tread and whitewall look. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #656 first… Read More »
In the 50s and 60s both American and Soviet films were banned in Yugoslavia, so instead they imported films from Mexico, who were going through their cinematic golden age. This created a Mexican craze in Yugoslavia where Yugoslav singers would dress like mariachis, sing songs in a Mexican style. The post In the 50s and… Read More »
In 1996 a physicist submitted a paper full of word salad and gibberish to a postmodernist journal and it actually passed peer review and was published. This is known as the Sokal Affair. “feminist and poststructuralist critiques have demystified the substantive content of mainstream Western scientific practice, revealing the ideology of domination concealed behind the… Read More »
An image has been widely shared on Facebook, accompanied by a caption which says that the image shows two cheetahs attacking a “gazelle at a time when it was playing with its young children”. The posts say that rather than escape, the animal surrendered herself, in order to give her “youngsters” a chance to escape.… Read More »
A Facebook post shares a meme featuring a picture of American billionaire Jeff Rothschild, with a quote calling for another world war in order to bring about a ‘new world order’. There is no evidence Mr Rothschild has ever said this. The post says: “In order to finalize the new world order process we need… Read More »
A post on Facebook, shared hundreds of times, attributes a quote stating “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots” to Albert Einstein. There is no evidence that he ever said this. According to Quote Investigator—a site that sources quotes circulating online—the earliest versions… Read More »
