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25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 359

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 358, click here. 1. A Filipino-American family posing for a family portrait, Philippines, 1912. 2. Maori women from New Zealand in 1902. 3. Testing prototype space suit intended for use in NASA’s Apollo moon landing program, Mojave Desert, California, 1962. 4. A twin in a Russian…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #799

Being wealthy makes you much more likely to get to play college sports. Students from families with the highest 20% of income have nearly 3x better chances of getting to play college sports than do students from families with the bottom 20% of income. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #799 first appeared on… Read More »

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 358

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 357, click here. 1. A father looking for his two missing sons that went missing during the Kosovo war in 1999. 2. Statue of Liberty towering over Paris just before it was disassembled and shipped to New York, in 1886. 3. Anne Frank, with her sister…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #798

Automakers overengineer cars to go over the speed limit to improve reliability. By making a vehicle that can drive up to 120 mph, there’s less strain on the engine when it spends a lifetime of going 65 mph. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #798 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source

25 Kickass Random Facts List #797

The first mac & cheese recipe dates to the year 1390, when it appeared in the cookbook “The Forme of Cury”. It used fresh, hand-cut pasta sandwiched between a mixture of melted butter and grated cheese. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #797 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source

25 Kickass Random Facts List #796

Corinthian leather is not an actual type of leather at all, it is a marketing term. The Chrysler automobile company introduced it in 1974 to describe premium leather seat material. Celebrity Ricardo Montalban helped popularize the term in Cordoba car ads, leading to years of increased sales. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #796… Read More »

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 357

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 356, click here. 1. Bride leaving her recently bombed home to get married, London, 4 Nov 1940. 2. Robert McGee was scalped as a child by Sioux Indians, in 1890. 3. Sleeping kitty, 1930. The photograph was taken by Alton Blackington. 4. Adolf Hitler gets gift…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #795

Frank Sinatra was originally offered the role of John McClane in Die Hard at age 70. The film is based on the book “Nothing Lasts Forever”, a sequel to “The Detective” which was adapted in 1968 into a film starring Sinatra. His contract required them to offer him the lead role in any sequels. The… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #794

In 1730, a provincial King in India ordered his men to cut down some trees in a village for lumber for his palace, but villagers considered these trees sacred and rebelled by hugging the trees, resulting in 363 men, women, children being hacked to death as they hugged these trees. The post 25 Kickass Random… Read More »