June 2012
Owls are the only bird that lowers their upper...
Owls are the only bird that lowers their upper eyelids to blink. All other birds raise their lower lid to blink. Owls are located everywhere on Earth except Antarctica, parts of Greenland, and remote islands. They constitute a group of 200 bird species. They are solitary birds, meaning they keep to themselves and don’t live in groups.
They fly almost completely silent and much slower than...
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President John Tyler still has two living...
President John Tyler still has two living grandchildren. Tyler was born in 1790! We may be on to the 21st century, but John Tyler, a president born in the 18th century still has two grandchildren alive. These grandchildren are named Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr. and Harrison Ruffin Tyler.
Lyon was born in 1924 and Harrison was born in 1928. They are both the children of Lyon Gardiner Tyler.
And...
Ever wondered why the flavor is called âblue...
Ever wondered why the flavor is called âblue raspberry?â Read on!
Raspberries are usually NOT blue. In fact, the color blue is fairly uncommon amongst fruits. Why exactly, then would sweets makers specify the flavor as blue raspberry? It’s rare to see ‘green’ and ‘purple’ grape flavors, for example.
It all started with ice pops. Very popular in the 60’s and...
A Nazi used tickle torture during the Holocaust!
A Nazi used tickle torture during the Holocaust! A man named Heinz Heger was being kept in the Flossenberg concentration camp when he witnessed a very strange form of torture. One of the other men was being tickled with goose feathers. The man was naked and his feet, armpits, legs, and other parts of his body were tickled.
The man initially bore the torture in silence, but he eventually began...
The Church of Scientology orchestrated the largest...
The Church of Scientology orchestrated the largest infiltration of the U.S. government! Operation Snow White was a huge infiltration by the Church of Scientology of the U.S. government, foreign embassies, and private organizations. The goal of the operation was to eliminate all negative records of the Church of Scientology, and of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
The Church of Scientology teaches...
A man was dismissed from the US Air Force for...
A man was dismissed from the US Air Force for asking “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?”
His name was Major Harold Hering, and asked the question on the subject of the two man rule. The two man rule is a mechanism for high levels of security where two people are required for a certain function or authorization.
It’s used...
Baby mice wine is a traditional Chinese and Korean...
Baby mice wine is a traditional Chinese and Korean health tonic! Baby mice wine is a traditional drink in China and Korea. It is known as a health tonic and said to taste like raw gasoline. Baby mice are taken from their mothers while their eyes are still closed and placed in rice wine while alive.
There they are left to drown and ferment. It isn’t just one mouse, but a slew of them floating...
The red Swingline stapler didnât exist before...
The red Swingline stapler didnât exist before Office Space! In the movie Office Space, the production designer, Edward McAvoy, had to come up with a stapler so special that the character Milton wouldn’t want to give it up. The running gag in the film is that Milton’s boss, Bill Lumberg, keeps stealing it and Milton has to continue to get it back.
McAvoy decided to make the stapler fire...
10,000 people constructed a 380 mile road in just...
10,000 people constructed a 380 mile road in just one hour!
In 1909, Iowa experienced heavy rainfall, that combined with an increase in automobile use, created the need for a new road. Officials, as well as the community supported the creation of a new road.
Governor Carroll was especially instrumental in convincing people along the proposed path of the road to support its construction. The...
Cats instinctually imitate the hiss of snakes.
Cats instinctually imitate the hiss of snakes. It has been suggested that cats actually began hissing after hearing snakes hiss. This behavior may actually originate from imitating snakes. Your cat might really be a copy cat! Because snakes can be so deadly, other animals know to pay attention and shy away from its characteristic hiss.
The hiss is a warning to other animals or people to stay...
A one week old puppy survived being flushed down a...
A one week old puppy survived being flushed down a toilet! In Britain, a four year old flushed his puppy down the toilet accidently while trying to give it a bath. The one week old cocker spaniel got muddy while playing in the garden, so the little boy thought he needed a bath to clean up.
The puppy got stuck in the wastepipe for four hours. Firefighters and animal welfare officers were called...
In Minnesota, women can face up to 30 days in jail...
In Minnesota, women can face up to 30 days in jail for impersonating Santa Claus! There are some crazy laws in our states. Apparently, every man in Brainerd, Minnesota is required to grow a beard. It’s illegal to tease skunks and women can face up to 30 days in jail for impersonating Santa Claus in Minnesota.
A Michigan law says it is illegal to make love in a car unless it is on your own...
During the 1909 World Fair in Seattle, a baby was...
During the 1909 World Fair in Seattle, a baby was given away in a raffle! There were many things on display at the world fair in Seattle including the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition in 1909. On the Pay Streak boardwalk there were numerous human exhibits.
They actually brought down a group of Eskimos for fairgoers to observe. They also brought 50 Igorot people from the Philippines and made...
Pepsi produced an aerosol so astronauts could...
Pepsi produced an aerosol so astronauts could drink cola in space without getting soaked! Aerosols were invented by a Norwegian named Erik Rotheim in the 1920s to help him put wax on his skis. The most expensive aerosol made was a diamond spray used to rub down precision moulds.
However, the most popular aerosols are deodorant and body spray which were first introduced in the UK in 1954. The...
Kim Kardashian had a âcelebrityâ life long...
Kim Kardashian had a âcelebrityâ life long before her show!
Kim Kardashian, famous celebrity and reality TV show star, was living the good life long before her TV show. At fourteen, she had a birthday party with her friends at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch.
Kim Kardashian said “[the ranch] was the most magical place on earth.” She remembered monkeys in overalls and...
More boys are born after wars! It has been seen to...
More boys are born after wars! It has been seen to be true time and time again. After war, there is a baby boy boom in the nations who faced the war. There are many theories for why more boys are born after wars. One explanation is that soldiers who return from war have a lot of sex.
Another theoretical explanation is that it is nature’s way of replenishing boys for the men lost in battle....
Some emergency personnel carry along teddy bears...
Some emergency personnel carry along teddy bears to give to children whoâve been through trauma! The Teddy Bear Cops Program raises money to buy teddy bears. The bears are then given to police officers and fire and emergency personnel to keep in their vehicles.
They give the bears to children who have experienced trauma or catastrophe to help reduce the risk of permanent trauma and damage to...
China executes more than 1,000 people every year...
China executes more than 1,000 people every year and they showed it on national TV until 2008. What’s more interesting is that those who are executed mostly aren’t murderers. In past cases, political prisoners, rapists, drug dealers, and traffickers have been executed.
Even though these are cruel crimes, people from all over the world think it’s unnecessary for a death penalty...
