Here are 20 Interesting Facts About Ernest Hemingway. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Ernest Hemingway 1. Ernest Hemingway grew paranoid and talked about FBI spying on him later in life. He was treated with electroshock. It was later revealed that he was in fact watched, and Edgar Hoover personally placed him under surveillance. – Source 2.…… Read More »
Here are 25 Kickass and Interesting Facts About Navy SEALs. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Navy SEALs 1. Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell was the sole survivor of a US Navy SEAL team ambush by Taliban fighters. He was saved by members of the Sabray tribe under the Nanawatai principle of the Pashtunwali code which…… Read More »
Paris nicknamed “The City of Love” has been home to many of the world renowned artists. It is known as the city of art, food and love. Here are 30 Kickass and Interesting Facts About Paris. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Paris 1. In 1976, there was a WINE TASTING in Paris that blindly compared Californian…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Soviet Russia. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Soviet Russia 1. The Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford…… Read More »
Today we have decided to share this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912 in Russia. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in…… Read More »
Here are 20 Interesting Facts About Daylight Saving Time. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Daylight Saving Time 1. Three terrorists were killed in 1999 when they forgot to set the timer on their bomb to account for Daylight Savings Time in Israel, which resulted in it exploding one hour too early, killing only three of them.…… Read More »
Here are 44 Interesting Facts About Australia. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Australia 1. When the USA’s first space station Skylab crashed in Australia in 1979, Australia issued the USA a fine of $400 for littering, which remained unpaid for 30 years. – Source 2. There are Target stores in Australia with the exact same logo,…… Read More »
Here is a list of 10 Prehistoric Giants of Australia. 1. Thylacoleo Thylacoleo (“pouch lion”) is an extinct genus of carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia 2 million to 46 thousand years ago. Thylacoleo was once the largest mammalian carnivores of its time. With extremely powerful forelimbs, and massive claws on its thumbs to rip…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Manhattan. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Manhattan 1. The population density of Manhattan is much lower today than it was 100 years ago, and total population has fallen by about 25%. – Source 2. A man once drunkenly stole a plane and landed it in the middle of Manhattan in…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About Burgers. 1-5 Facts You Didn’t Know About Burgers 1. Robert Downey Jr. claims that Burger King saved his life from his drug addiction. While at a stop at Burger King in 2003, his car had “tons of f***ing dope.” He ate a burger and he found…… Read More »