Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Sunken Ships and Subs. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Sunken Ships and Subs 1. Two years after Titanic sank, the Empress Of Ireland sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and lost 68.5% of all passengers (0.5% more than Titanic). The event was buried in the papers because of WWI.…… Read More »
Here is a list of 10 human inventions that changed the face of mankind. 10. The Wheel Before the invention of the wheel in 3500 B.C., humans were severely limited in how much stuff we could transport over land, and how far. Wheeled carts facilitated agriculture and commerce by enabling the transportation of goods to…… Read More »
There haven’t been many more engrossing dramas in recent years than Peaky Blinders. The show created by Steven Knight made its way onto our screens back in 2013, and the final television series was released earlier this year ahead of its crossover onto the big screen. It has become a cultural phenomenon, with the show…… Read More »
According to Guinness World Records, PATH, a mostly underground pedestrian walkway network in downtown Toronto, is the largest underground shopping complex in the world. PATH spans more than 30 kilometers of restaurants, shopping, services, and entertainment. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #777 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 349, click here. 1. George Harrison of the Beatles taking a selfie at the Taj Mahal in 1966. 2. Salvador Dali painting “The Face of War”, 1940. 3. A Romanian sub-officer gives the victory sign on New Year’s Eve 1989 in the aftermath of the revolution.…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Inventors and their Inventions. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Inventors and their Inventions 1. The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor Paul Brown $13 million. – Source 2. The inventors of Bubble Wrap, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, were originally trying to make 3d plastic wallpaper, which was a failure.…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Winston Churchill. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Winston Churchill 1. When photographer Yousef Karsh took a photo of Winston Churchill, Yousef took the cigar straight from Churchill’s mouth and took the above photo and hence the grumpy result. – Source 2. During Prohibition in the United States, Winston Churchill referred…… Read More »
Award-winning writer William Goldman would make up bedtime stories for his daughters (4yo & 7yo). One of them wanted tales of princesses, the other wanted brides, so he combined them. These stories became his next book: “The Princess Bride”. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #774 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source