in 1974, a trainee who failed to become a US Army pilot stole a helicopter.
He intended to personally surrender to President Nixon, and landed on the South Lawn of the white house
2020
In Switzerland, applications for citizenship are decided at the municipal level.
Hence, if your neighbors find you annoying then they can vote to deny your citizenship
2017
A 100 year old paternity test.
In 1927 Nan Britton claimed to have had a child with US Pres. Warren Harding. In 2015 Ancestry.com confirmed that Britton was telling the t
2020
Pluto is named after the Roman god of the underworld, not the Disney Dog.
The name for the planet was suggested by Venetia Burney,at the time an eleven-year old British schoolgirl
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There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.
2012
In choosing what language you would like Facebook to appear in, users could once choose βEnglish (Pirate)β.
Unfortunately for all ye internet buccaneers, Facebook removed this option.
2020
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
Philosopher Gabriella Blum believes that international law should differentiate combatants based on function and not status.
This means that combatatnts will be defined by the role they play in the war, and not by them belonging to army or being civilians.
2010
Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.
certain territories may be named after women such as the Virgin Islands but Saint Lucia is the only sovereign state among them
2018
Unethical psychological experiments.
The Little Albert experiment is considered to be among the most unethical psychological experiments of all time.
2020
