McDonald’s has been such a big part of the American landscape for so many years that it can be hard to measure its impact. Today we’re going to dive into another aspect of the fast food franchise: the unusual facts that most people don’t know about the iconic company. 1. A different start. McDonald’s is…
When he was in his forties, a 16th-century Italian man named Urbano Monte was determined to make a map of the entire world that was as three-dimensional as possible. Monte originally wanted to have 60 different components stitched together to make one enormous map. Map collector David Rumsey digitized Monte’s project so the whole world…
Is money the root of all evil? Maybe…but one time I found $20 in my coat at the beginning of winter, and that was pretty awesome. Money brings you facts and buys me food – but it can also totally make things weird. Here are 8 crazy facts related to money. Take a look! 1.…
The Salem Witch Trials still loom large in American history. They took place in Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused of being witches, and 30 of them were found guilty. 19 people were eventually hanged. There are a lot of theories about how the trials came to…
The revival that The Muppets have enjoyed over the past decade has been wonderful and a lot of people want to hear the original hit song “Mah Na Mah Na” over and over again. Take a listen… The song, it turns out, wasn’t written for The Muppets, and Bip and the Snowths weren’t the first to…
A Tumblr thread breaks down a few of the more powerful, surprising, and downright fierce Medieval battle tactics that existed. Here’s one example that gives you an idea of how tough it would be for anyone trying to attack by going up the stairs: Once noble families started living in castles as their homes (instead…
These shoes were made for walking (sneakily)
Apollo 15 Commander, David Scott, drives the ‘Moon Buggy’
Geologists in Brazil have discovered a series of incredible paleoburrows dug by Giant Ground Sloths
An 8’11” Robert Wadlow (Feb 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) with his parents and 4 siblings
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