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Image credits: factz.unheard BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a ...
Image credits: AprumMol #23. TIL After his lung cancer diagnosis, actor Yul Brynner wished to warn people against smoking. After his death, the american cancer society aired an ad with the actor ...
Image credits: historycoolkids The History Cool Kids Instagram account has amassed an impressive 1.5 million followers since its creation in 2016. But the page’s success will come as no surprise ...
[9] [10] Sisamnes: 525 BC: The corrupt Persian judge was killed and flayed alive by Cambyses II for accepting a bribe. [11] [12] Milo of Croton: 6th century BC The Olympic champion wrestler's hands reportedly became trapped when he tried to split a tree apart; he was then devoured by wolves (or, in later versions, lions). [13] [14] [15] Zeuxis ...
Heaven is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, a Paradise, in contrast to hell or the Underworld or the "low places" and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, goodness, piety, faith, or other virtues or right beliefs or simply the will of God.
The "Well to Hell", also known as the "Siberian hell sounds", is an urban legend regarding a putative borehole in the Siberian region of Russia, which was purportedly drilled so deep that it broke through into Hell. It was first attested in English as a 1989 broadcast by an American domestic TV broadcaster, the Trinity Broadcasting Network. [1]
If you paid attention during history class, you're probably well aware of the first fire. In 1814, British forces famously set the White House ablaze, forcing first lady Dolley Madison to flee ...
Despite this, a British panel show compiling interesting facts has been given the name Duck Quacks Don't Echo. The dodo was intelligent and inedible despite popular belief. Despite the saying "dumb as dodo," the dodo's intelligence was above average for an avian, as it was a member of the family Columbidae (pigeons).