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32 Interesting Facts About Castles

Here are 32 Interesting Facts About Castles. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Castles 1. For 23 years the French have been building a real medieval castle using only medieval construction techniques. – Source 2. There stands a castle in the Czech Republic that to this day has a moat filled with BEARS. It’s called the “Bear…… Read More »

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 280

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 279, click here. 1. The Procrastinators Club of America protesting against former President James Madison and the War of 1812, Philadelphia, 9 March 1966. 2. San Francisco’s iconic Cliff House, shortly before it was destroyed by fire in 1907. 3. Burial at sea on the USS…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #608

Shakuntala Devi from India, also known as the human-computer, gave the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds. The answer was verified at the US Bureau of Standards by the UNIVAC 1101 computer, for which a special program had to be written to perform such a large calculation. The post 25 Kickass… Read More »

20 Weird Animals

1. Amazonian Royal Flycatcher “Royal” refers to the exotic feather display on the crown of the bird’s head, which is a brilliant array of red, yellow, white, blue, and/or black. The Royal Flycatchers use this brilliant, colorful plumage as a show of display during courtship rituals, after mating, while preening, in competition with other males…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #607

Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 606, click here 1-5 Kickass Random Fact 1. In 2014, the Indian government employed 40 people to impersonate monkeys, to scare off real monkeys causing havoc around the parliament in Delhi. The men made screeching noises similar to those of black-faced langur monkeys, imitating their whoops and…… Read More »

33 Amazing Color Pictures Taken 100 Years Ago in Russia

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 »

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 279

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 278, click here. 1. The grave of an American pilot buried by Imperial Japanese troops, Kiska, Alaska, 25 August 1943. The sign reads “Sleeping here, a brave air-hero who lost youth and happiness for his Motherland, July 25 – Nippon Army”. 2. Russian soldiers during the…… Read More »

46 Interesting Facts About Colors

Here are 46 Interesting Facts About Colors. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Colors 1. Color blind people tend to have better night vision and can sometimes see the luminosity of colors that normal-sighted people can’t. With this ability, and the fact that they perceptive colors differently, the U.S. Army discovered that the colorblind could see ‘camouflage’…… Read More »