Yearly Archives: 2022
25 Kickass Random Facts List #704
It took Taco Bell food engineers two years…
It took Taco Bell food engineers two years and 40 different recipes to create the Doritos Loco taco. It became so popular that it led to Taco Bell adding 15,000 jobs, propelling the company to outgrow Pizza Hut, KFC and even McDonald’s. The post It took Taco Bell food engineers two years… appeared first on… Read More »
Nazi rocket scientist Dr. Wernher…
Nazi rocket scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun wrote a science fiction novel in 1949 called Project Mars: A Technical Tale. The novel takes place in the 1980s and is about the first human mission to Mars and their encounter with benevolent Martians on the planet, including the Martian leader, Elon. The post Nazi rocket scientist… Read More »
In 2004, Jessica Simpson sold a line….
In 2004, Jessica Simpson sold a line of edible makeup, perfume, and body wash that was discontinued after several lawsuits. One customer claimed the Butterscotch Toffee Body Wash caused a yeast infestion, and another said after using Belly Button Love Potion, she was followed by bees. The post In 2004, Jessica Simpson sold a line….… Read More »
A Japanese man has been sending…
A Japanese man has been sending identical handwritten letters weekly to a hotel in the Netherlands for the last 40 years. He just sent the letters because the hotel was in Volendam and his birthday was on the 22nd of the month. After a long interview, Mr. Kaor explained that V is the 22nd letter… Read More »
Argos isn’t selling microwaves for £1.78
A Facebook post claims Argos is offering Samsung microwaves for £1.78, alleging the electronics manufacturer had broken a contract “with the famous retailer”. The post, published by a Facebook group which uses the Argos logo as its profile picture, includes a photo of three shelves filled with microwaves with a £1.78 price label. It asks… Read More »
The Nuremberg Code doesn’t state that mask mandates are a war crime
A number of posts on Facebook have highlighted part of what they claim to be the Nuremberg Code, stating that mask mandates preventing people from accessing food, healthcare or education would be considered a war crime. The highlighted part of the code states: “Leaders should be aware that mandating masks on the citizens of a… Read More »
How to Stop Being Anxious And Regain Your Calm
Are you sick and tired of wasting your mental and emotional energy worrying about (and replaying) events in your mind? Even sabotaging yourself, your performance, and your relationships, at times? Constantly playing the “what if” game in your mind? Let’s be honest, feeling anxious is miserable and unequivocally sucks the enjoyment out of life. It… Read More »
A Covid-19 patient on BBC News is not a ‘crisis actor’
A video on Instagram claims that a Covid-19 patient shown on BBC News is really an actor pretending to be ill. This is not true. A man in the video visits the patient’s Instagram account where he finds the phrase “award winning crisis actor”. In response, the man in the video says: “It’s almost like… Read More »
NASA hasn’t ‘just’ hired 24 theologians to study future discovery of aliens
A number of posts on social media claim that NASA has “just hired” 24 theologians in order to study how humans would react if scientists discovered alien life, with the suggestion that it had done so to prepare for imminent contact with aliens. As other fact checkers have written, the social media posts emerged following… Read More »