Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Marathons. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Marathons 1. Dean Karnazes has run nonstop for 135 miles in 120F degrees across Death Valley. He has also run a marathon in the South Pole in -40F and also did 50 marathons in 50 days in all 50 US states – Source 2.…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About International Space Station. 1-5 Interesting Facts About International Space Station 1. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station see 15 sunrises and 15 sunsets a day, averaging about one every 45 minutes – Source 2. There is a gun in the International Space Station and it belongs to the Russians.…… Read More »
Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 681, click here 1-5 Kickass Random Fact 1. The character in the Starbucks logo is actually a twin-tailed siren, a mythical creature that lured sailors in order to attack and devour them. – Source 2. South Park secretly got Sia to record Randy Marsh’s vocals as Lorde…… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 308, click here. 1. The consequences of landing on the wrong Aircraft Carrier, 1952. 2. The last photograph of Lenin was in May 1923, months before he died, with his doctor and his sister. 3. Catholic, Muslim, and Jewish military chaplains in the Austro-Hungarian army, WWI,…… Read More »
Here are this week’s uplifting headlines. 1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week 1. Puerto Rico becomes the most vaccinated place in America. – Source 2. Alexei Navalny, Persistent Kremlin Critic, wins E.U.’s Top Human Rights Award. – Source 3. Students complete Eurotrip in the solar-powered van they built and designed. – Source 4. Record 21…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Things That were Stolen. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Things That were Stolen 1. In 2008 a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this very day. – Source 2. In 1978, Charlie Chaplin’s body was stolen and held for a ransom of £400,000.…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Trains. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Trains 1. There is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but you can see it in passing if you take the number 6 train. – Source 2. If someone commits suicide in Japan by jumping…… Read More »
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Guns. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Guns 1. The company Daisy Outdoor Products sold windmills and gave a complementary BB guns with every purchase. The BB guns became so popular that they stopped selling windmills and started selling BB guns. – Source 2. Over the past 50 years, gun owners…… Read More »
Here are 5 things you should know. 1. All 1500W heaters put out the exact same amount of heat, and consume the exact same amount of electricity, regardless of physical size, or the properties of the heating element. If you’re buying a new space heater, consider that the small, inexpensive, 1500W heater with the wire…… Read More »
Here are this week’s shower thoughts. 1-5 Shower Thoughts 1. When you’re saying “I love you” to your parents as a kid, you hardly realize how much it really feels to hear until your own kids tell them to you. 2. The thermal shock of turning on a light is allegedly what wears it out,…… Read More »