People & Society

People & Society The Great Flood: What Was China's Story? June 6, 2021

People & Society Who Is the Kicevo Monster? June 3, 2021

People & Society What Does the Quran Say About Mother Mary? June 2, 2021

People & Society Was Michael Jackson Having Sleeping Problems? May 31, 2021

People & Society How Did Latin Help a Reporter Break the Story of Pope Benedict's Resignation? May 30, 2021

People & Society Why Did People Think Women Shouldn't Be on Trains? May 1, 2021

People & Society Walter Breuning stopped smoking cigars at age 103 because they became too expensive. At age 108, he began smoking cigars again after receiving a lot of gifts of cigars. He ultimately ended up living to age 114.5 and was the second-last verified surviving man born in the 1800s. April 23, 2021

People & Society Audrey Hepburn was a ballet prodigy as a child and during WWII would put on silent dance performances to raise money for the Dutch resistance. As the occupation worsened, years of malnutrition weakened her too much to ever have a viable career as a ballerina, so she turned to acting instead April 20, 2021

People & Society Friends Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney shook hands in 1992, swearing if either one won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings. Well the power of friendship and a handshake has paid off: 28 years later Tom won $22 million and split the winnings with his friend. April 19, 2021

People & Society The reason why Shaq promotes The General Insurance is because when he was a poor teenager at LSU they insured him when no one else would. He's stayed loyal to them ever since. April 14, 2021

People & Society Actress Jan Stirling had airfare to fly to the US but found lingerie she liked, used the last of her money to buy it, trading in the airfare for a ticket on a steamship. Midway thru the voyage she learned that the airship she had been booked on, the Hindenburg, had been destroyed in a fire. April 12, 2021

People & Society Mozart had a sister who was also considered a music prodigy. They toured together, and she even sometimes received top billing. Her father forced her to abandon her career once she became a 'marriageable age'. She is believed to have written some compositions, but none have survived April 8, 2021

People & Society A German nun left heartbroken after seeing leprosy patients in Pakistan, where it was believed as a punishment from God & patients were ostracized, left everything behind & moved there to fight leprosy alone. She got the country (then population of 127 million) rid of disease. April 3, 2021

People & Society Leonardo da Vinci received complaints about his procrastinating from one of the priors while painting The Last Supper. He solved the argument by threatening to use that particular prior as the model for Judas in the fresco. The complaints stopped shortly after he made this remark. March 31, 2021

People & Society When boxer Jack Dempsey wanted to back out of a fight due to his age and his opponents skill, his younger brother took the fight under the same stage name and went on to become the legendary boxer Jack Dempsey. March 28, 2021

People & Society Around 21 million people in Uganda, half of its population, are under 15 years of age. March 25, 2021

People & Society Acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier was born unexpectedly in Miami when his parents were visiting. He was two months early and not expected to survive. He was raised in the Bahamas and went on to be not only an Oscar winning actor but also the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan for over a decade. March 18, 2021

People & Society Basque (a language spoken near the Spain/France border) is a language isolate; not only is it NOT a Romance language, it's not even an Indo-European language. It is the only surviving Pre-Indo-European language in Western Europe. March 7, 2021

People & Society Some luxury buildings in New York City will only let you buy an appartment there after board approval. Mariah Carey was once rejected after showing up to the interview in a 'bare midriff' and answering "he be dead" when asked if Biggie would be visiting the building. March 3, 2021

People & Society Amish beards have no mustache because they associate them with the military, and they're pacifists March 3, 2021