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Who Invented WD-40?

There’s an old engineer’s adage that goes: “If it moves but shouldn’t, use duct tape. If it doesn’t move but should, use WD-40.” For nearly 60 years, WD-40, the iconic “toolkit in a can,” has been helping amateurs and professionals alike out of all sorts of sticky mechanical jams. In addition to its intended purpose… Read More »

Early Non-Christian Perspectives on Christianity’s Emergence

The first documented mention of Christianity from a non-Christian perspective can be traced back to a correspondence in 112 AD between Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan. In this letter, Pliny sought guidance on handling a novel and ‘excessive superstition’ that had permeated various urban centers in Northern Turkey. In addition to this account, other… Read More »

Forgotten History- That Time Hitler had His Agents Secretly Attack Germany in Order to Justify Starting WWII

On the first of September, 1939, nearly 1.5 million troops, 2,750 tanks, and 2,300 aircraft of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich stormed over the border into Poland. That same day, Britain and France, bound by treaty to defend Polish sovereignty, issued an ultimatum calling for the immediate withdrawal of German forces. The ultimatum was ignored, and… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 13297 – Medieval Germany’s Marital Duels

Medieval Germans had marital duels with actual combat. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13297 – Medieval Germany’s Marital Duels appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source