People & Society

People & Society How Does Tolerance Influence Olympic Swimming Results? July 27, 2021

People & Society Who is Tilly Smith? July 24, 2021

People & Society Is It Possible to Slow Down the Speed of Light? July 23, 2021

People & Society Can Plant-Based Plastics Be Completely Recycled? July 19, 2021

People & Society What are Some of the Best April Fool's Pranks in History? June 14, 2021

People & Society Did Mahatma Gandhi Win the Nobel Peace Prize? June 11, 2021

People & Society How Important are Phytoplankton and Seaweed in Our Ecosystem? June 9, 2021

People & Society How Did Jet Engines Put Out Oil Fires in Kuwait? June 8, 2021

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