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In the 1890s, electric bicycles…
In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. However, in 1992 hardly any commercial electric bicycles were available and the terms E-Bike, power bike, pedelec, assisted bicycle, and power-assisted bicycle only became popular by 2001. The post In the 1890s, electric bicycles… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
In 1991 a youth group in Denmark…
Highly intelligent people like…
Highly intelligent people like to be alone. They experience lower life satisfaction when they socialize more with friends, suggesting intelligence has evolved: the more intelligent members of a group, the more they are able to solve problems on their own without needing help from friends. The post Highly intelligent people like… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
A 2017 study by statistician Nathan…
A 2017 study by statistician Nathan Yau found the career divorce rates. Bartenders, flight attendants , massage therapists, and nurses had the highest at around 45-50%. Meanwhile, actuaries had the lowest at 17%, followed by software developers, engineers, scientists, and eye doctors. The post A 2017 study by statistician Nathan… appeared first on Crazy Facts.… Read More »
A man won the $5.5 million state…
A Japanese ice cream company…
Baseball players have tried to fool…
Baseball players have tried to fool base runners into an out by using a fake ball made with a frozen, painted potato. The hidden potato trick has a hundred year history, and was last used in a 1987 minor league game. The post Baseball players have tried to fool… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
The chair has been around for nearly…
The chair has been around for nearly 5,000 years. The earliest example in the form of a sculpture from the Cycladic Islands at approximately 2,700 B.C. which was prior to Egyptian chairs, which were typically stools. Chairs with arms and backrests implied elite status. The post The chair has been around for nearly… appeared first… Read More »
Fregoli delusion is a disorder where…
During the attack on Pearl Harbor…
During the attack on Pearl Harbor, only 5 American pilots managed to get into the air against 353 Japanese planes, the first two were George Welch and Kenneth Taylor. They shot down 6 enemies. They were DENIED the Medal of Honor because … they didn’t have permission to take off from their CO. The post… Read More »