Tag Archives: People
WTF Fun Fact 12787 – Debbie Stevens’ Kidney Chaos
WTF Fun Fact 12775 – The Ethiopian Calendar
WTF Fun Fact 12768 – English as a Second Language (ESL)
WTF Fun Fact 12758 – Jason deCaires Taylor’s Underwater Sculptures
Interesting Facts About The Everyday Life Of An Ambulance Driver
We live in a society where cases such as accidents, deliveries, and other health-related emergencies can happen at any time of the day. This is why it is expedient to have readily on-ground people who would respond promptly to such emergencies. However, an ambulance driver is a profession without which immediate response and rescue would…… Read More »
That Time a Group of Psychiatrists Pretended to be Mentally Ill to Prove a Point
In 1972, eight people presented themselves to 12 psychiatric hospitals across the United States. They had seemingly nothing in common save for a very specific set of symptoms, with all eight reporting hearing voices saying a single word: “thud,” “empty,” or “hollow.” They were all immediately admitted, seven being diagnosed with schizophrenia and one with… Read More »
How Hitler’s Flatulence Helped End WWII
After the Second World War, a common joke was that Adolf Hitler was the best general the Allies ever had. His string of disastrous decisions, from halting his forces around Dunkirk, delaying his invasion of Russia, and refusing to pull the 6th Army out of Stalingrad, handed the advantage to his enemies time and time… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact 12734 – Man Wins Horse Race
How do The Persians Teach Alexander the Great and When Did He First Become “Great”?
We’ve all heard of him. Alexander the Great has been for many centuries a household name in much of the world- an impressive feat for a king who’s been dead for two millenia and reigned only for a little over a decade. In western countries, his defeat of the Persian Empire in the 320s BC… Read More »