Reading Time: 2 minutes Without a doubt one of the darkest chapters in American history would be that of slavery. Slaves, who were black people from Africa, were bought and sold like cattle, and forced to work their entire life for their owners. There was no limitation on age or gender or the hours they would work. But slavery …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oh my God were we a sexist and bigoted society. The ever popular game of mini golf was invented in 1867 so women could play the game. Of course, today this would be completely ridiculed as being sexist. However, it wasn’t men who developed the miniature version of the game. It was women that invented the …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Personally I think families are like alcohol. You need to know when to say enough is enough. Sure, both can be great in moderation, but too much of either and things can just get out of hand very quickly, and become messy. So just spare a moment to think about the biggest family in the …
Reading Time: 2 minutes During the Great Depression of the late 1920’s and 1930’s, one of the most renowned criminal figure heads in America ran a charity. It was Al Capone’s soup kitchen for displaced workers in Chicago. But surely there’s more to the story than generosity. Al Capone rose to infamy during Prohibition. As the head of a …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes China bans reincarnation for Buddhist monks in Tibet unless they get prior permission from the government. This surely can’t be true, can it? Well, it is true, and bizarre, but true nonetheless. It’s not exactly a new thing for governments to try to control certain aspects of peoples lives. The more totalitarian the government, the …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Forbes recently compiled its annual list of the worlds richest fictional characters. Among the richest fictional characters are some very well known, and old time favourites, and some fairly recent creations. Some will be instantly recognisable, while others may take a little more reading up on to familiarize yourself with. Much like in the real …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Do eyes grow or not? There’s been quite a few myths circulating that eyes don’t grow throughout the life of a person. Notice we said myth? That’s because eyes do grow, but not much at all. If you look at some eyes some people clearly have beautiful eyes. More often than not it’s not the …
Reading Time: 2 minutes When we say that the mullet is banned in Iran we are talking about the hair style, not the fish. It may seem absolutely ridiculous, but it’s true. But then again, I personally have never been a fan of that particular hair style, and maybe the Iranians are onto something. The mullet really hit its …
Reading Time: 2 minutes For every minute that he was on film, Anthony Hopkins doesn’t blink once during Silence of the Lambs. This is a remarkable achievement, as simply managing to keep ones eyes open while under the intense pressure of both giving a powerful performance and bright lights glaring down on him could have been a big enough distraction …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine something becoming do popular it caused a shortage of coins. This was the apparent scenario when Space Invaders in Japan caused a coin shortage. Now, we’re not about to contest the popularity of the vintage video game, but could Space Invaders in Japan really cause a coin shortage? Really? Just think about it for …
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