This is an oldie but a goodie and a strange survival story. It’s a marvel of medical science, the shattered skull of Phineas Gage. This case shows evidence of a truly traumatic injury. Gage had two sections of his skull missing, cracks from the lesions and damage behind left eye socket and in his cheekbone. …
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National Delaware Day happens in mid-July and these are all the facts you didn’t know about this teeny tiny state. Dead’s Poet Society was filmed in Middletown, Delaware. The state insect is the ladybug, adopted in April 25th, 1974, after elementary school children petitioned the General Assembly. Delaware is the second smallest state in the …
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Pumpkins are a staple of Fall, whether you love to eat them or use them for decorations. Here are all the pumpkin fun facts you need to know. The word “pumpkin” comes from the Greek word, pepon. Pepon means a “large melon.” Pumpkins originally came from Central America. The earliest pumpkin pie was different then …
Have you heard about the battery-powered whackadoodler that failed horribly? Of course it did — who would ever need a battery-powered whackadoodler? Now, excuse me, let me use my time machine to hop 60 years into the future. What’s this? Everyone has a battery-powered whackadoodler! This is a tale as old as time. Many of …
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Spiders — hate them or love them, you have to admit they’re strange creatures. With their eight legs and eyes, webs, and ravenous predatory habits, they really put the “creepy” in “creepy crawly.” But, as it usually goes, some spiders are stranger than others. The way they express their unusual nature differs greatly. Some of …
If you like doing something, you won’t mind spending a lot of time on it. But sometimes people do weird things for a ridiculously long time, even if they don’t particularly enjoy it. Why? Because they can. Or perhaps they just don’t have a choice. Here are nine world records for doing something for a …
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Few bands have had such a massive impact on rock and pop music as Queen and their legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury. He was born on September 5, 1946, which would make him 77 years old today if he was still with us. So, happy birthday, Mr. Mercury! He truly was a larger-than-life character, which has …
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Auctions can be a lot of fun and, in a way, they’re a relatively fair way to sell something unique. You just put it up for sale and see who wants it the most. Not everything that goes under the auctioneer’s gavel is worth selling, though. Yet, for some reason, celebrities’ waste products, mind-boggling artwork, …
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Here are some uncommon characteristics in humans. Do you know about these traits that help some humans be even more unique? Red Hair Only one or two out of a hundred people have red hair. Red hair comes from your genes, specifically the MC1R. With red hair, you have a gene mutation, or possibly several. …
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While the dead undoubtedly deserve their peace, there’s always something fascinating about it when archeologists find the final resting place of a famous historical figure. Just think about King Tut’s tomb or the more recent discovery of the haphazard grave of English King Richard III. There are some past legends whose burial places we may …
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