Here are this week’s Life Pro Tips. 1. Buying a luxury car isn’t the expensive part, maintaining it is. 2. The only cheaper wage than minimum wage is a salaried employee working overtime for free. Quit giving up free labor when your employer should be hiring more help and paying more. There are always exceptions…… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 313, click here. 1. Danish model Winnie Holman, Cannes, 1975. The photo was taken by Helmut Newton. 2. A photo of John Quincy Adam, the first-ever president to be photographed, over 14 years after he left his office on 1 August 1843. 3. Picture of the…… Read More »
Here is a list of 10 Interesting Mythical Places. 10 Hyperborea Land to a mythical group of beings, said to be spirits come to Earth from the Pleiades, Hyperborea described as a paradise, a perfect Eden. Its inhabitants, known as Hyperboreans, were said to be extremely happy all the time, partly owing to the fact…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Muscles. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Muscles 1. The stapedius is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body. The stapedius dampens the vibrations of the stapes by pulling on the neck of that bone. This helps to control the amplitude of sound waves from the general external environment to…… Read More »
Kowloon Walled City was a densely populated, largely ungoverned settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the Walled City became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to Britain in 1898. Its population increased dramatically following the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. It had a 1,920,000…… Read More »
When Sweden switched one day from driving on the left to driving on the right, it was feared that it’d result a huge increase in road death that year. In fact, the rate decreased, which was put down to Swedes driving extra cautiously. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #691 first appeared on KickassFacts.com.… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Cold War. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Cold War 1. Russia secretly had maps so detailed of the Canadian Arctic during the Cold-War that other ships even now use them over official maps. – Source 2. In the 1930’s starlet, Hedy Lamarr invented a new technology to stop Nazi’s from…… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 312, click here. 1. A menorah stands on the windowsill of a Jewish home across from Nazi Party headquarters in Kiel, Germany in 1932. 2. 78-year-old Robert T. Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) is helped up the steps at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in…… Read More »