David Copperfield rose to international fame as a magician by making things vanish, but no one could have predicted that it would save his life. But did you know he was able to escape a robbery with the help of his illusions? David Copperfield was once robbed at gunpoint, but he used an illusion to […]
When Marvin Heemeyer of Granby, Colorado, reached a stalemate with the local zoning commission, the logical next step would have been to petition them again and wait for a response. After all, Marvin Heemeyer was known to be a logical man, so it was natural for him to take a logical approach. But why did
Aircraft carriers function as seagoing airbases, with a flight deck and facilities for transporting, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. They are typically the capital ships of a fleet because they project air power around the world without relying on local bases for operational support. But did you know that the US only started with 4
From 1978 until his passing in 2005, Pope John Paul II presided as the leader of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Vatican City State. He was eventually canonized as Pope Saint John Paul II. But what happened to Pope John Paul II’s attempted assassin? Mehmet Ali Aca, the attempted assassin who shot
Lori Ann Talens, born in Norfolk, Virginia, is almost 42 years old. She is the brains behind the biggest coupon fraud scam in the US. Lori planned the coupon fraud operation while she was a young mother and businesswoman in Virginia Beach. But how long is Lori Ann Talens’ sentence for producing fake coupons? She
Victor Salva wrote and directed the 2001 horror film Jeepers Creepers. Gina Philips and Justin Long play Patricia Trish and Darry Jenner, two college siblings being chased by the Creeper, a diabolical serial killer played by Jonathan Breck. But what was Jeepers Creepers based on? There is a real-life inspiration for the adversary of the
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One of the beautiful aspects of humanity is that we generally understand the difference between right and wrong. Humans understand that their actions have consequences. Animals, on the other hand. Since this is the case, animals should not be subject to police detention. But do you know why animals were routinely jailed in France? In
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Francis J. Trombino, also known as Joe, was a Korean War veteran and truck driver who had worked for Brinks as a security guard since the late 1960s and had spent most of his life in Clifton, New Jersey. But did you know how many times Trombino escaped death? Joseph Trombino, a security guard who
When Joseph Henry Loveless, an outlaw and ax murderer with a long criminal career, escaped jail in 1916, it was as if he’d vanished. It would be more than a century before the world learned of his heinous fate. But the story isn’t over yet. In Idaho, there is still an open murder investigation into
More than a thousand people marched in support of captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman in his home state’s capital on Wednesday, demanding his release. But did you know many people were against El Chapo’s arrest? During the penultimate capture of drug lord El Chapo in 2014, over a thousand people marched in
