Reading Time: < 1 minute In 1994 a man tried to commit suicide by jumping off the top of a building. Unknown to him some workers had installed a safety net below them and he would have been unable to succeed in his attempt. However, on the 9th floor an elderly couple were arguing and a shotgun blast was heard …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is the punishment for masturbation in Indonesia decapitation? It’s not exactly a big secret that some Asian countries have a harsh criminal code. In many countries around Asia the harshest penalties are reserved for drug related crimes, namely importation and distribution. Other crimes that can result in a harsh penalty include murder, rape and serious …
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Although Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand and other Commonwealth nations are democracies the public doesn’t have a direct say who will lead the country. To be Prime Minister you first need to be a citizen, then elected to the house of representatives, which is the lower house of the Parliament. The party you join …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Former Australian cricketer Don Bradman was so good, and so revered not only have songs been written about him, but also film, landmarks named after him, coins minted of him, a Boeing named in his name, a museum about him, many books written about him, awards in his name, and even a plant named after …
Reading Time: 2 minutes For an organization that has secret in their name, they aren’t all that secret. But they have managed to keep one part of their job, the main part, a little secret, albeit accidentally. This is despite it having always been know. The main job of the secret service if to investigate counterfeiting and other financial …
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 was one of the biggest news items of that year. Lasting until January 20, 1981, it set the scene for diplomatic relations between Iran and the US for the coming decades. You could hardly argue that the Iranian hostage crisis was the best thing that could ever have happened …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The youngest person executed in America was Hannah Ocuish, who was only 12 years old. When we are talking about executions, we are talking about legally enforced and recognised by the state. Regardless on the stance you take on capital punishment, to take the life of someone so young, and technically still a child, is …
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Wonder Years was a popular TV series of the late 1980’s early 1990’s. It launched the career of child actor Fred Savage. Wonder Years ran for six seasons, winning a total of 22 awards out of its total 76 nominations. Yet despite its fame Wonder Years has never been released on DVD. But why? The …
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the ever popular Facebook went down in August 2014 it resulted in people actually calling 911. At first thought this looks rather funny. Obviously addicted people finding themselves without their drug of choice, the world must have been coming to an end. But as funny as it sounds, it was a very serious issue …
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Newport scandal arose in 1919 following a poorly thought through exercise to investigate suspected homosexuals in the US Navy. It created controversy because of the methods used, and how enlisted personnel were also used in the investigation. One of the methods used to “weed out” homosexuals was by performing oral sex on enlisted men. Who could …
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