Yearly Archives: 2022

WTF Fun Fact 12742 – Your Corneas Need to “Breathe”

Your corneas need an external source of oxygen. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12742 – Your Corneas Need to “Breathe” appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Iain Duncan Smith wrong to say successful asylum seekers would return from Rwanda

The terms of the government’s agreement with Rwanda mean that people whose claims for asylum are accepted will be allowed to settle there—not return to the UK.Source

Zero evidence airport disruption planned by World Economic Forum

A Facebook post claims travel disruption has been deliberately planned.Source

How To Help Your Children With Anxiety (Do’s and Don’ts)

Anxiety to many is the all-encompassing term to describe being nervous, but for those with a specific anxiety disorder, it can be a debilitating fear of a thing or situation that does not pose a real threat. The overuse of the word in our daily lives can make understanding the disorder confusing for our children… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 12741 – The Force of Teeth Grinding in Humans

The human jaw can clench with 250 pounds of force. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12741 – The Force of Teeth Grinding in Humans appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

5 Things You Should Know – Part 462

Here are 5 things you should know. 1. Under the US Labor Law, 100% of tips have to be paid to workers. It’s illegal for employers to take your tips. There are state laws still in existence that say the employer can confiscate tips if they pay you a direct minimum wage. The federal law…… Read More »

The Baby With the Baboon Heart

On 3 December 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard made medical history by performing the first successful human heart transplant, transferring the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into 65-year-old Louis Washkansky. While Washkansky died 18 days later of pneumonia, the pioneering surgery heralded a new era of medicine, giving thousands of people a new… Read More »

The Curse of the Hope Diamond

The Hope Diamond’s story begins over a billion years ago, when carbon under immense pressure formed the larger diamond from which the Hope Diamond would spring. Not only was the mother stone large, but it was given a rare blue color due to the presence of high amounts of the element boron within the carbon.… Read More »

The Badass Sergeant Who was His Own One Man Army

In 1814, some 20,000 troops of the British East India Company launched an assault on the Kingdom of Ghorka in what is today Nepal, seeking to expand their influence into the Indian subcontinent’s mountainous northern territories. To their surprise, the British encountered unexpectedly fierce resistance from local mountain warriors known as Ghorkalis, and the conflict… Read More »

The Calutron Girls: the Women Who Helped Build the Bomb

They came in their thousands: young women from across rural Tennessee, fresh out of high school, drawn by the promise of good pay, cheap rent, and a chance to do their part for the war effort – women like 19-year-old Gladys Owens and Ruth Huddleston. One by one they stepped off trains and buses and… Read More »

That Time Over 1000 People Were Crammed Onto One Plane in a Desperate Rescue Attempt

The Boeing 747 is among the most iconic and celebrated aircraft in history. Since first taking to the skies in 1969, the world’s first “Jumbo Jet” has become synonymous with luxury and reliability in air travel, the more than 1,500 aircraft produced having carried over 4 billion passengers over the last 50 years. But sadly… Read More »