Yearly Archives: 2022

Andrew Bridgen wrong to say Covid-19 mRNA vaccines aren’t recommended while pregnant or breastfeeding

Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen made a series of claims about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which use mRNA technology, during Prime Minister’s Questions.Source

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WTF Fun Fact 13115 – Antarctica Tinder Match

There was a Tinder match in Antarctica. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13115 – Antarctica Tinder Match appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Video of football fans singing for Palestine is not from World Cup

The footage was shot in Morocco and dates back to 2019.Source

The Forgotten Carnival Sideshow That Saved Countless Babies’ Lives

If you were to visit New York’s Coney Island in the early 20th Century, you would have found no shortage wonderful amusements to occupy your time. You could swim in the ocean, enjoy an ice cream or a hot dog, or brave the death-defying mechanical rides of the island’s three giant amusement parks. If you… Read More »

Do Real EMP Weapons Actually Exist or are They Only a Thing in Movies?

Escape From L.A. Goldeneye. The Matrix. Ocean’s 11. The Fate of the Furious. These are but a few of the many popular films to feature electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. As depicted in these films, EMP is the ultimate weapon of the electronic age, able to destroy every electric or electronic circuit within its blast radius… Read More »

How Close Did the Nazis Actually Come to Building an Atomic Bomb?

On August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay flew over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and dropped a single, 4,000 kilogram uranium bomb called Little Boy. Seconds later the bomb detonated with the equivalent power of 15 thousand tons of TNT, destroying 8 square kilometres of the city and killing an estimated 90-140,000… Read More »

Nadhim Zahawi includes extra earnings in figure for nurse ‘starting salary’

Nadhim Zahawi claimed that the starting salary of a newly qualified nurse increased to £31,000 following the recent £1,400 pay award.Source

Post about child cyclist injured in ‘hit and run’ is fake

The two photographs in the post were taken many years apart in Australia.Source

WTF Fun Fact 13114 – The Eiffel Tower is Taller in Summer

The Eiffel Tower is bigger in the summer. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13114 – The Eiffel Tower is Taller in Summer appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

25 Kickass Random Facts List #790

Indiana Jones was inspired by Scrooge McDuck, not the other way around. George Lucas was a big fan of comics growing up. The famous boulder sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark was directly lifted from a 1954 issue of the McDuck comic. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #790 first appeared on KickassFacts.com.… Read More »