Famous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick only wound up in jail originally because a “friend” was pissed that Mitnick beat him at a $150 bet. | After being bested, Mitnick’s then-friend was so angry about losing that he called the FBI and blew Mitnick in. Mitnick’s autobiography goes into more detail, but the summary is this:… Read More »
Karl May, Hitler’s favorite author, was a conman who wrote novel’s about Old Shatterhand, a German One Punch Man in the Wild West (who May claimed was actually himself, even though he’d never been to the US or even out of Germany at that point). The post Karl May, Hitler’s favorite author…. appeared first on… Read More »
Dr. Story Musgrave, a NASA astronaut, made history on STS-80 by not getting into his seat before re-entry. He instead stood up on the flight deck “surfing” the Space Shuttle while it decelerated from 17,000mph to 0mph. He is the only person to have seen re-entry plasma with his bare eyes. The guy is absolutely… Read More »
The Statue of Liberty almost wasn’t built in New York because the governor wouldn’t use city funds to build its pedestal, but Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper articles inspired 160,000 people to donate. Though a majority of donations were less than $1, they raised over $100,000 in just five months. The post The Statue of Liberty almost… Read More »
James Murray Spangler (1848–1915), a salesman and janitor, invented the first commercially successful portable electric vacuum cleaner that revolutionized household carpet cleaning. His device was the first to use both a cloth filter bag and cleaning attachments. His invention was patented 1908. The post James Murray Spangler (1848–1915)… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
In the United States of 1953, atomic fallout was damaging vehicles so badly that President Eisenhower was notified of the disaster. Scientific study confirmed the damages, but then later It turned out to be a case of mass hysteria. The post In the United States of 1953, atomic fallout… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
In the 1900s the Austerlitz family in Omaha, Lutheran German emigrants, moved to New York City in hopes of finding fortune through their children’s vaudeville talents. The son wore a top hat and studied tango, waltz, and other ballroom dances. He would become Fred Astaire. The post In the 1900s the Austerlitz family in Omaha….… Read More »