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Human Rights Day – There are more people in slavery now than at any other time in human history.

10 Dec

According to research carried out by the organization Free the Slaves, more people are enslaved worldwide than ever before.
In its 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade is estimated to have shipped up to 12 million Africans to various colonies in the West. Free the Slaves estimates that the number of people in slavery today is [...]

Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

7 Dec

One of the least known facts about Beethoven is that he was not completely deaf, as Wikipedia states.  In fact, in a letter written to Franz Gerhard Wegeler, his physician, he states…
“… It is curious that in conversation there are people who do not notice my condition at all; since I have generally been absent-minded, theey [...]

Inuits have no word for ‘yesterday’.

5 Dec

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The average mans beard would grow to 27.5 feet if he never shaved.

23 Nov

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Just like Ant and Dec, UK X-Factor’s ‘Jedward’ say they’ve been asked to stand with John on the right and Edward on the left – so it’s John and Edward when you see them on-screen.

23 Nov

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In 2003, the Transportation Security Administration dropped a requirement that air marshals pass a marksmanship test. Some applicants were even hired after they repeatedly shot flight attendants in mock hijacking episodes.

22 Nov

Related Reading: Air marshal training, ‘a national disgrace’

Microsoft threatened 17 year old Mike Rowe with a lawsuit after the young man launched a website named MikeRoweSoft.com.

22 Nov

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