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Bobbi Gibb Boston Marathon

Bobbi Gibb is the First Woman to Run in the Boston Marathon in 1966. She was Rejected When She Applied because Women were Thought to be Physiologically Incapable of Running a Full Marathon.

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The Boston Marathon is an annual race held in the greater Boston area of eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots’ Day, which is every third Monday of April. It was founded in 1897 in response to the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. But did you […]

Bobbi Gibb is the First Woman to Run in the Boston Marathon in 1966. She was Rejected When She Applied because Women were Thought to be Physiologically Incapable of Running a Full Marathon. Read More »

Mississippi River

The US Government Spends Billions to Keep the Mississippi River from Changing its Course and Destroying New Orleans.

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The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in North America and the headwaters of the second-largest drainage system, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. How Much Does the US Government Spend to Keep the Mississippi River from Changing Course? The United States spent billions to prevent the Mississippi River from changing course and

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Self-Tickling Schizophrenics

People with Schizophrenia Have the Ability to Tickle Themselves.

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Although schizophrenia can strike at any age, most cases start between puberty and age 30. Schizophrenia can affect children, but this is unusual. As those who are more tactilely sensitive will know, there is a specific kind of belly-aching laughter that can only be produced by tickling. Even while a feather or a lover’s or

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Gloria Williams and Kamiyah Mobley

Gloria Williams Posed as a Hospital Employee and Abuducted Kamiyah Mobley from her Mother’s Arms in the Maternity Ward. Williams was Sentenced to 18 Years.

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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

Gloria Williams Posed as a Hospital Employee and Abuducted Kamiyah Mobley from her Mother’s Arms in the Maternity Ward. Williams was Sentenced to 18 Years. Read More »

Mcdonalds Kid

An 8-Year-Old Boy Learned How to Drive on YouTube and Drove to McDonald’s to Satisfy a Cheeseburger Craving.

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The legal age to drive a car in the United States is 16. It has always been a major life event for someone turning 16 to get their driver’s license, but in the past 35 years, the interest in learning to drive amongst teenagers has significantly dropped. But did you know an 8-year-old boy from

An 8-Year-Old Boy Learned How to Drive on YouTube and Drove to McDonald’s to Satisfy a Cheeseburger Craving. Read More »

Jeanne Calment

In 1965 a 90-year-old Woman in France Sold Her Home in an Arrangement That Allowed Her to Live in it For the Rest of Her Life and Receive a Monthly Payment of 2,500 Francs. She Became the Oldest Person in History and Received Over Double the Property’s Value.

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Researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, and France confirm Jeanne Calment’s exceptional longevity by combining epidemiology, mathematical modeling, and historical investigation, disproving conspiracy theories surrounding her.  But do you know what made Calment quite unique? In 1965, a 90-year-old woman in France sold her home for the right to live in it for the rest of her

In 1965 a 90-year-old Woman in France Sold Her Home in an Arrangement That Allowed Her to Live in it For the Rest of Her Life and Receive a Monthly Payment of 2,500 Francs. She Became the Oldest Person in History and Received Over Double the Property’s Value. Read More »

Kirk And Uhura

The Famous Kirk and Uhura Kiss was Not the First Interracial Kiss on Television. It was Preceeded by Several Others, Including One in 1958 with William Shatner.

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The iconic kiss between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura happened in 1968. The kiss between the Star Trek characters played by William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols was widely regarded as America’s first interracial kiss on national TV. However, this is a misconception since. But when was the actual first kiss on TV? Kirk and Uhura’s

The Famous Kirk and Uhura Kiss was Not the First Interracial Kiss on Television. It was Preceeded by Several Others, Including One in 1958 with William Shatner. Read More »

Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong, the Lead Singer of Green Day, Dropkicked a Guy in the Middle of Their Concert After He Saw Him Roughing Up a Young Girl. He Stopped the Show and Challenged the Guy to Fight Before Jumping into the Crowd.

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Green Day is an American rock band founded in 1987 in the East Bay of California by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead vocalist and guitarist, and Mike Dirnt, bassist and backing vocalist. The band has been a power trio for most of their career, with drummer Tré Cool replacing John Kiffmeyer before recording their second studio

Billie Joe Armstrong, the Lead Singer of Green Day, Dropkicked a Guy in the Middle of Their Concert After He Saw Him Roughing Up a Young Girl. He Stopped the Show and Challenged the Guy to Fight Before Jumping into the Crowd. Read More »

The Packaging Color for Air-Dropped Humanitarian Rations was Changed from Yellow to Salmon Since Yellow was the Same Color as Air-Dropped Cluster Bombs.

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Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) are food rations produced in the United States intended to be distributed to civilians and non-military personnel during humanitarian crises. Each is intended to provide a single person’s daily food supply and contains slightly more than 2,200 calories or 9,200 kJ. They have a three-year shelf life and are intended to

The Packaging Color for Air-Dropped Humanitarian Rations was Changed from Yellow to Salmon Since Yellow was the Same Color as Air-Dropped Cluster Bombs. Read More »

Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg’s Execution was Deemed Barbaric. After She was Given Three Shocks, Her Heart was Still Beating. Two More Shocks were Applied, and Smoke Rose from Her Head.

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When Ethel Rosenberg was executed in New York in 1953, she was 37 years old and the mother of two young sons. Julius, her husband, had been executed not long before her. They were both found guilty of espionage crimes on behalf of the Soviet Union. But did you know what happened during her execution? 

Ethel Rosenberg’s Execution was Deemed Barbaric. After She was Given Three Shocks, Her Heart was Still Beating. Two More Shocks were Applied, and Smoke Rose from Her Head. Read More »

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