Reading Time: 2 minutes Would you believe that former wrestler and A list actor, Dwayne Johnson, AKA The Rock, tweeted the death of Osama Bin Laden on twitter before just about anyone else even knew about it? It seems almost surreal that an actor could be privy to such delicate and groundbreaking news as the death of the mastermind …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Van Damme the Predator. No, we’re not talking some Michael Jackson biopic, we’re talking about the classic film starring the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, from 1987. It was a smash hit as far as alien encounter, action films are concerned. It proved to be such a success that it has spurned several sequels. Some notably poorer than …
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the greatest authors who has ever lived, Mark Twain, was born and died during Halley’s comet years. This is a pretty freakish coincidence, but it’s not the kind of thing that hasn’t happened before. Furthermore, Mark Twain predicted his own passing while the comet was once again passing Earth. Now that itself is …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Late on the evening of December 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot four times with a .38 service revolver by Mark David Chapman. He was shot with hollow point bullets, which flatten out and fragment on impact. The damage caused from these kind of bullets make it almost impossible to save a life if any vital …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Snow White voice actress was blacklisted by Walt Disney. For a young, and talented actress who managed to provide the beautiful voice of the title character of the first ever animated film made in the US, such a move would have been devastating, not to mention career ending. So what did the Snow White voice …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The day Judy Garland died a tornado hit Kansas. The day was June 22, 1969. Some of you might be thinking so what? But it’s actually one of those weird coincidences in nature that seem to pop up every now and then. How about we delve into this peculiarity a little further? Judy Garland is …
Reading Time: 2 minutes As Robin would say, “Holy Cliche!” Adam West has a Batman logo on his teeth, well at least one tooth. But why would an octogenarian such as Adam West have a Batman logo printed on his teeth? Adam West is perhaps best remembered for his performance in the 1960’s Batman television show. A hit at …
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTQTKFZw4CM Andrew Jackson’s parrot, Polly, swore so much during his funeral it had to be forcible removed from the proceedings. Unbelievable and shocking, but true. Andrew Jackson hardly needs an introduction, but his swearing parrot, Polly on the other hand might. For those who don’t know, Andrew Jackson was a famed US military leader who in later …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes We have just talked about how Chuck Norris likes the Chuck Norris facts. Do you know how they started though? It seems as though they just started to popup one day. The truth of how they began may surprise you as they originally had nothing to do with Chuck Norris. In March, 2005 a Vin …
