'Captain Tom' a 99 Year old man, Raises more than $31 Million for UK Health service by Walking 100 Laps of his Garden...
Everyone can find a way to help
The U.S. Army promoted Donald Duck to the rank of Sergeant and retired him from active duty.
Donald was never officially separated from service in any of his wartime cartoons or comics.
2017
The inventor of the Frisbee was cremated and made into a Frisbee after he died.
This is not the only time Inventors were preserved as their passions
2012
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
They need social interaction to be happy, so owning a single guinea pig is considered harmful to its well-being
2020
Inequality affects the political support of redistribution - if inequality is skewed such that the middle class is closer to the poor than to the affluent, political support for redistributaion will be stronger. 2011
Robbers Cave Experiment.
This experiment, which studied group conflict, is considered by most to be outside the lines of what is considered ethical
2008
In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that could see through people’s clothes.
The cameras had a special lens that use's infrared light to use as night vision.
2016
evidence suggests that brain ketone metabolism remains unimpaired in alzeheimer's patients.
seems easy enough to test. do ketogenic patients get better?
2019
Astronauts Return from Months in Space to Earth Changed by Pandemic..
"It's a little bit difficult to believe that we are truly going back to a different planet."
The Sputnik virophage is a parasite of a parasite of a parasite.
It's a parasite of Mamavirus, which infects Acanthamoeba, which can infect humans.
2020
We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.
We have fully mapped 100% of the surface of Mars and Earth’s Moon, whereas we have only been able to map roughly 5% of the ocean floor.
2009
Uranus was originally called “George’s Star”.
The name “Uranus” was proposed in 1782, one year after its discovery, but wasn’t officially used until 1850.
2018
Dosing food in radiation for preservation and sterilization.
Found to be completely safe, there is a large resistance to it because of the negative impression of radiation
2020
CrazyPetFood.com was a pet food company based near Colchester & Chemsford in Essex. They provided all types of food & grooming tools.
Sadly, this company no longer exists.
2017
When Cocaine and Ethanol (drinking alcohol) are Consumed simultaneously, a new Compound, Cocaethylene, is Formed in the Blood.
This compound is more pleasurable, longer lasting, and more dangerous than cocaine or alcohol alone.
