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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 ...
In the Middle Ages, people thought farting in jars and sniffing them would help prevent death. True or false? Weirdly enough, it actually checks out as true. In fact, during the Great Plague of ...
Image credits: undiscoveredfacts Brazil's interesting law to reduce sentences for inmates for every book they read has some rules.The book limit for a year is 12 books, and only certain books ...
A small single-story building where over 285,000 companies, or over 15% of all companies in the United States, are legally based. Crush, Texas: A temporary "city" established as the site of an 1896 publicity stunt, a staged train wreck. The wreck unexpectedly caused two deaths and numerous injuries among spectators. Crazy Horse Memorial
The story we found particularly fascinating was about a Brazilian man who rescued a penguin drenched in oil. The bird stayed with João Pereira de Souza for almost a year before returning to sea.
The true story starting with a stern captain and a lustful crew on a Royal Navy ship and ending with the British-Polynesian Seventh-day Adventist culture of the Pitcairn Islands. Plenty of drama in-between. Order of the Pug: A fraternal order that existed for Roman Catholics in Bavaria in the 18th century. George Psalmanazar
This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
History is full of interesting stories that often go unnoticed. This Instagram account brings them to light, sharing some of the most fascinating facts and photos from the past. The post 40 ...