Jackie Chan is actually a trained opera singer and has recorded over 20 albums with over 100 songs in over 5 different languages. In the 80’s, he would sing the theme songs to his films over the closing credits. In 1984, he won the Best Foreign Singer Award in Japan. The post Jackie Chan is… Read More »
Braille began as a military code called “night writing.” Developed by the French army (1819) – soldiers could communicate at night without speaking / using candles. Louis Braille learned the code & developed the more user-friendly, optimized version of the Braille alphabet we know today. The post Braille began as a military code… appeared first… Read More »
Han van Meegeren was a legendary art forger who sold fake Old Master paintings to the Nazis during the occupation of the Netherlands, once cheating Hermann Göring out of over a million guilders. He is now celebrated as a Dutch national hero. The post Han van Meegeren was a legendary art… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
In 2019. a science teacher from rural Kenya who donates most of his salary to help poorer students was crowned the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1,000,000 prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179 countries. The post In 2019. a science teacher from rural… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
The battleship Imperator Aleksandr III was built by Imperial Russia, taken by Provisional Russia, given to Germany, given to Britain, given to White Russians, and then sold for scrap by the French. The ship guns were then sold to the Finns, stolen by Nazis, and returned to Russia after WW2. The post The battleship Imperator… Read More »
The Rubik’s Cube was originally designed to solve “the structural problem [of] how could the blocks move independently without falling apart.” It wasn’t until the designer Erno Rubik couldn’t “reset” his cube that the idea of a puzzle was conceived. The post The Rubik’s Cube was originally… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
The town of Winneconne, Wisconsin, after being left off of of the official state road map, attempted to secede from Wisconsin. They wished to either declare independence and annex neighboring towns, or alternatively be integrated into another state, ‘preferably one with better weather’. The post The town of Winneconne, Wisconsin… appeared first on Crazy Facts.… Read More »
In 1865, Charles Dickens was traveling home from France when his train derailed while crossing a bridge, and his car was left dangling from the tracks. He helped save stranded passengers and then climbed back into the dangling car to find a manuscript he was supposed to send to his publishers. The post In 1865,… Read More »
