Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura devoted his life revitalising deserts in Afghanistan, making forests and wheat farmland and contributing to peace. Nakamura was decorated with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun and Afghan National Medal. The post Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura devoted… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
As a business owner, chances are you’re always looking for tools that will be new assets to your endeavors. Along the same lines, have you ever considered just what a dry van trailer would be? Understanding what this tool is could have a serious impact on your professional objectives. First of all, a dry van… Read More »
Author H.P. Lovecraft was never able to support himself from his earnings as an author. His book “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, written one year before his death, sold a meagre 200 copies. He died in poverty at age 46. The post Author H.P. Lovecraft was never able… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
A Colombian woman was raised by Capuchin monkeys for 5 years after being abandoned in the jungle. She learned to scale trees, catch birds and rabbits with her bare hands, and lived as one of them until she was discovered by hunters. The post A Colombian woman was raised by Capuchin… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
The main reason why Mickey, Donald, Pinocchio & other early Disney characters wear gloves is because it was easier to animate them. Walt Disney told his biographer that the gloves also exist for another reason “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human”. The post The main… Read More »
When giraffes are born, they fall six feet on their head, but it’s the fall that gets them to start breathing. Giraffe babies are actually in an inception type dream world and they need the “drop” to wake them up. Without this drop they stay in their giraffe dreams forever. The post When giraffes are… Read More »
After WW2, there was a Sicilian separatist movement which was heavily backed by mafia. The main goal was the annexation of Sicily to the USA as the 49th state, they got 8.8% of the votes in 1947’s elections. The post After WW2, there was a Sicilian separatist movement… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
At the age of 17, Steven Spielberg directed a sci-fi film called “Firelight”. The budget was $500, and it was shown at a local cinema, with 500 people coming, and tickets costing a dollar each. However, one person paid $2, so the movie made $1, making it Spielberg’s first commercial success. The post At the… Read More »
In 2002, a man found a way to crack the lottery in the US state of Michigan using math and probability. He figured out that if he bought a certain amount of tickets that he would certainly make a profit. He and his wife Marge ended up making millions of dollars. He ended up making… Read More »
There’s a material called FOGBANK that’s used by the US Department of Energy that’s so top secret and compartmentalized, that the government once actually “forgot” how to make it due to a lack of actual records and dwindling institutional knowledge. FOGBANK’s precise nature is classified; in the words of former Oak Ridge general manager Dennis… Read More »