In 1890, as part of a program to bring all the birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America, 60 starlings were released in New York’s Central Park. There are now over 200 million European starlings across the US, causing billions in crop damage and deadly hazards at airports. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 321, click here. 1. Võ Thi Thang smiling after being sentenced to 20 years of hard labor in a prison camp by the South Vietnamese govt. After being sentenced she reportedly smiled at the judge and said “20 years? Your government won’t last that long,” 1968.…… Read More »
Classical music and metal fans have the most similar personalities, based on a study of 36,000 people in more than 60 countries. “Both have the same basic motivation: to hear something dramatic and theatrical, a shared ‘love of the grandiose.’” The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #707 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 320, click here. 1. Young boys harassing the Horace Baker family, the first African American family to move into the all-white Delmar Village neighborhood of Folcroft, Pennsylvania, 30 Aug. 1963. 2. American soldiers at mass in the rubble at Cologne Cathedral, March 1945. 3. Tibetan skeleton…… Read More »
In 1896, two locomotives were crashed on purpose as a publicity stunt. Two spectators were killed by the boiler explosion. The responsible agent was fired and reemployed on the next day because of lacking negative publicity. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #705 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 319, click here. 1. An old woman leaving her home with just a portrait of her husband and rugs. Russian soldiers gave her just 5 minutes to pack her bags and leave before they destroyed her home and everything in it. Her sons and husband were…… Read More »