Category Archives: Crazy Facts
Han van Meegeren was a legendary art…
Han van Meegeren was a legendary art forger who sold fake Old Master paintings to the Nazis during the occupation of the Netherlands, once cheating Hermann Göring out of over a million guilders. He is now celebrated as a Dutch national hero. The post Han van Meegeren was a legendary art… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
In 2019. a science teacher from rural…
In 2019. a science teacher from rural Kenya who donates most of his salary to help poorer students was crowned the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1,000,000 prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179 countries. The post In 2019. a science teacher from rural… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
The battleship Imperator Aleksandr…
The battleship Imperator Aleksandr III was built by Imperial Russia, taken by Provisional Russia, given to Germany, given to Britain, given to White Russians, and then sold for scrap by the French. The ship guns were then sold to the Finns, stolen by Nazis, and returned to Russia after WW2. The post The battleship Imperator… Read More »
The Rubik’s Cube was originally…
The Rubik’s Cube was originally designed to solve “the structural problem [of] how could the blocks move independently without falling apart.” It wasn’t until the designer Erno Rubik couldn’t “reset” his cube that the idea of a puzzle was conceived. The post The Rubik’s Cube was originally… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
Drivers with more expensive cars are…
The town of Winneconne, Wisconsin…
The town of Winneconne, Wisconsin, after being left off of of the official state road map, attempted to secede from Wisconsin. They wished to either declare independence and annex neighboring towns, or alternatively be integrated into another state, ‘preferably one with better weather’. The post The town of Winneconne, Wisconsin… appeared first on Crazy Facts.… Read More »
In 1865, Charles Dickens was traveling…
In 1865, Charles Dickens was traveling home from France when his train derailed while crossing a bridge, and his car was left dangling from the tracks. He helped save stranded passengers and then climbed back into the dangling car to find a manuscript he was supposed to send to his publishers. The post In 1865,… Read More »
In the early 1940s a Mexican scientist…
In the early 1940s a Mexican scientist named Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena created a color television system some considered better than any American system at the time. His work made it possible in the 1970s for NASA to transmit color photos of Jupiter from the Voyager satellite. The post In the early 1940s a Mexican scientist…… Read More »
Firefighters use wetting agents…
The Canadian Medical Association voted…
The Canadian Medical Association voted in support of a ban of Mixed Martial Arts in Canada. They argued from a physician responsibility standpoint they could not overlook activities which cause injury and trauma to Canadians. They had previously come out against Boxing for similar reasons. The post The Canadian Medical Association voted… appeared first on… Read More »