Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Fighters Aircrafts. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Fighters Aircrafts 1. F4 Phantom II was called “World’s Leading Distributor of MiG Parts” because it destroyed so many MiG fighters – Source 2. On 9/11, after both of the twin towers were hit, some jet fighters took to the air without any…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Alaska. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Alaska 1. There was a man so dedicated to April Fools Pranks that in 1974, he flew hundreds of tires into Edgecumbe dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire, thereby fooling the local populace, and coast guard into thinking the volcano became…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Coffee. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Coffee 1. Coffee loses caffeine as it is roasted, so a dark, “bold” cup of coffee actually has less caffeine than a lighter roast. – Source 2. The coffee shop manager in the robbery scene at the end of Pulp Fiction is credited as…… Read More »
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About NFL. 1-5 Interesting Facts About NFL 1. According to a Wall Street Journal study in 2010 based on four broadcasts, a standard NFL game features just 10 minutes and 43 seconds of action. Commercials account for nearly 60 minutes of the three hour affairs. When the networks are showing…… Read More »
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Ice Hockey. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Ice Hockey 1. Kris Draper was traded for just 1$ in 1993 to Detroit Red Wings. Thus, he began his reputation as the “One Dollar Man” and went on to win four Stanley Cups for Detroit. – Source 2. In 1930 World Ice…… Read More »
Here are 20 Interesting Facts About Ernest Hemingway. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Ernest Hemingway 1. Ernest Hemingway grew paranoid and talked about FBI spying on him later in life. He was treated with electroshock. It was later revealed that he was in fact watched, and Edgar Hoover personally placed him under surveillance. – Source 2.…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Thanksgiving Day. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Thanksgiving Day 1. Up until 1933 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons were released into the air at the conclusion of the parade and would stay airborne above the city for as long as a week. A return address was stitched in and people…… Read More »
Here are 25 Kickass and Interesting Facts About Navy SEALs. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Navy SEALs 1. Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell was the sole survivor of a US Navy SEAL team ambush by Taliban fighters. He was saved by members of the Sabray tribe under the Nanawatai principle of the Pashtunwali code which…… Read More »
Here are 14 Interesting Facts About Austin. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Austin 1. Texas billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot wrote a blank cheque to fund and save the 500-year-old Treaty Oak in Austin, Texas which was poisoned by a vandal. – Source 2. When the city of Austin, Texas asked people online to…… Read More »
The world’s first theater devoted exclusively to moving pictures appeared in Pittsburgh in 1905. Its founders called the place Nickelodeon, from the price of admission (a nickel) and “Odeon” the ancient Greek word for theatre. The post 14 Interesting Facts About Pittsburgh first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
There is a street that is split down the middle by the USA-Canadian border, aptly named Canusa street. People who live in houses on the south side of the street are in the USA, and the north side, in Canada. Crossing the street requires having to report to the border crossing office. The post There… Read More »