Category Archives: Unbelievable facts

unbfacts: Major Dhyan Chand, widely regarded as the greatest field hockey player ever, won three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, 1936) and earned the nickname “The Wizard of Hockey.” He was so exceptional that Dutch authorities once broke his hockey stick to see if a magnet was inside. It is also reported he was offered German… Read More »

unbfacts: For years, Chrysler advertised their luxury cars as having “Corinthian leather” with Ricardo Montalbán as the spokesman. But on Late Night with David Letterman, Montalbán playfully admitted that the term meant nothing. The leather was actually sourced from New Jersey. Source

unbfacts: Treadmills were originally a punishment, which were used to harness human power on a giant wheel to grind grains; hence the name “Treadmill.” Source

unbfacts: In 2019, feral chickens began terrorizing Jersey, the largest of the UK’s Channel Islands. A few abandoned chickens bred unchecked due to a lack of predators, forming flocks of over 100 birds. The chickens chased joggers, blocked traffic, destroyed gardens, and woke residents at dawn with incessant crowing. Source

unbfacts: In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Hideaki Akaiwa rushed home to find his neighborhood under ten feet of water. Rather than wait for rescue, he donned a wetsuit and swam 200 meters through debris to reach his house, rescuing his wife. He later found his mother stranded for days and… Read More »

unbfacts: When Dr. Amanda Hess was in the hospital and about to give birth when she overheard there was another pregnant woman whose baby was in distress. The on-call doctor wasn’t at the hospital yet, so Hess delivered the baby before giving birth to her own. Source