If you want to rob a bank and get away with it, you’ll need to plan a little more than just picking a common-looking car with good maneuverability. Did you know that there was a popular vehicle used specifically for robberies back in the 1970s? The Ford Transit van, which had car performance and space […]
The term organ sale refers to a variety of different practices. People commonly associate it with a situation in which one person who requires or desires money sells his or her kidney to another who needs a kidney. But did you know that it was legal to sell organs in Iran? Iran is the only
The Ghan is a passenger train service that runs between Australia’s northern and southern coasts, passing through Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Darwin on the Adelaide-Darwin rail corridor. But did you know about the American tourist who clung to the Ghan after almost being left behind? An American tourist was nearly left behind by his transcontinental
Before being chosen to serve in the South Carolina state senate in 1932, James Strom Thurmond worked as a city and county attorney. Thurmond fought in the military in the Pacific and European theaters of World War II, where he took part in the D-Day assault of Normandy and was awarded the Purple Heart. From
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Skyscrapers are tall structures that reach the sky. These enormous feats of exquisite engineering gleam with the rising sun and touch the clouds. While they are, by definition, meant to be tall and towering, did you know a project scam resulted in the creation of the smallest skyscraper in the world? In 1919, the World’s
The National Park Service is an agency of the United States federal government based in the Main Interior Building in Washington, DC. This branch of government is responsible for and manages all national parks, monuments, and other historical properties. But did you know they also have an investigative branch that has been solving cold cases
Kamiyah Teresiah Tasha Mobley was only eight hours old when she was abducted from a Florida hospital on July 10, 1998. She was discovered alive in Walterboro, South Carolina, in January 2017. Alexis Kelli Manigo was her given name when she was born. But did you know who her abductor was and how she reunited
Richard Francis Cottingham was a serial killer and rapist from New York and New Jersey who murdered at least 12 young women and girls between 1967 and 1980. He was also known as The Torso Killer and Times Square Killer. But did you know that Cottingham shared an office with the Dating Game Killer, Rodney
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., simply known as Cracker Barrel, is a Southern-themed restaurant and gift store chain in the United States. Dan Evins founded the company in 1969, with its first location in Lebanon, Tennessee. But did you know that the restaurant chain actually filed charges against a mother and son who tried
Music can be used as a psychological warfare tool. The practice is sometimes referred to as music torture. While US interrogation experts acknowledge that it causes discomfort, it has also been described as having no long-term effects. But did you know what music the US Military used to torture prisoners? According to the Navy Seal
