Jan 18
The coming year of the dragon and Chinese New Year is set to be celebrated with a 137 ft ice dragon near Beijing in the Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Festival. This year there are 300 ice works on display, including the dragon, properly named Take Off 2012, a lit city and lanterns carved from ice. …
Dec 14
As a parent you probably worry about your child choking on or getting a hand or appendage stuck in a toy. You may worry about a sharp object or other issues with children’s toys that could cause accident harm or injury. However, I doubt you do much worrying about your children being exposed to toxic …
Nov 28
Everyone loves a great deal and when Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, dawns, the throngs of crazed couponers and deal grabbers are poised and ready. Mass mayhem almost always ensues. This year, the craziness started early. Wal-Mart locations started their deals on Thursday night at 10pm and other stores joined in. …
Nov 11
Now, what happens in Vegas may just hit the news. Hundreds of “love birds” are “flocking” to Las Vegas today to get married on what some believe is the luckiest day for lovers for 100 years. Owner of the Little White Wedding chapel on the downtown Vegas strips reports hundreds of these couples have been …
Sep 29
A Boeing plant, claiming to only make military helicopters like the H-47 Chinook and the V-22 Osprey, has been secretly and illegally making much more than that. Federal agents and the Drug Enforcement Administration raided the Philadelphia plant early Thursday, September 29, 2011, and charged more than 30 people with distributing prescription drugs, including potent …
Sep 19
It’s no longer just a small world after all! Not with new theme parks popping up with themes based on games. Dangerous, violent games. Okay, so you popped some birds at a pig—how dangerous is that really? Well, we’re going to find out. Yes, there is a theme park which has just opened up based …
May 04
The US is calling the killing of Osama Bin Laden “Lawful.” Though the operation was originally stated to have been primarily a capture mission, Obama has recently admitted that it was more primarily a kill-mission. Under the rules of engagement, if Bin Laden had fully surrendered, under the rules of engagement he would have been …
Mar 10
Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace. Only male fireflies can fly. Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day. About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs. In just about every species of mammal, the female lives longer than the male. Avocados have more protein …
Mar 02
68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air. Iron weighs more after it rusts. The venom of a small scorpion is much more toxic than the venom of a large scorpion. The Big Dipper is known as The Casserole in France. Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent. Drivers kill more deer than hunters do. …
Feb 28
With the Oscars happening yesterday, we thought we’d post some interesting facts about the Oscars that you might not have known: The famous gold statue got its “Oscar” name when the Academy’s librarian Margaret Herrick said that it resembled her uncle Oscar. Until the 1950s, child actors were not given real Oscar statues. They were …