1889 The Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land. An estimated 50,000 lined-up at noon to claim some land. Some started "Sooner" 1970 The first Earth Day was observed by millions of Americans. 1974 Redbone won a gold record for the single, Come and Get Your Love 1988 Two new Florida basketball [...]
1918 Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the Red Baron, was killed in action And YES, HE WAS! the inspiration for the naming of the frozen pizza! 1959 Alf Dean caught a 16-foot, 10-inch white shark that weighed 2,664 pounds...with a rod and reel!! At the time [...]
Bad idea alert!!! In case you haven't noticed Kylie Jenner has some severely plump and seriously fake lips, and apparently teens are left believing this is the ideal look. So how do average American girls who can't afford plastic surgery emulate their teenage idol? Take a bottle or jar, push their lips in [...]
A blog called Oh Bite It just unveiled a monstrous, all-American creation: BACON WRAPPED, deep-fried OREOS. Here's how you make them . . . 1. Wrap an Oreo with an entire piece of bacon, covering up as much of the cookie as you can. Hold the bacon in place by putting a toothpick through [...]
A lightbulb, knife and phone charger: Just some of the crazy things pets eat Vets around the US submitted bizarre x-ray images for the 9th annual They Ate What?! competition, as X-rays reveal some of the strange things pets eat including lightbulb, knife and phone charger. One dog managed to swallow a wooden back scratcher almost as [...]
Corporal James Bass has been stationed in Kuwait for the past few months, but got to come home last week. And he surprised his eight-year-old son Joshua by showing up on picture day at his school . . . and photobombing him. Read more here!
A 120-pound California woman has set another competitive eating record after she wolfed down three 72-ounce steak dinners in 20 minutes at a restaurant in Texas.Molly Schuyler, a mother of four has won prizes for eating chicken wings, barbecue and burgers, among other food items.She finished her first steak in 4 minutes,18 seconds Sunday, beating [...]
1912 Fenway Park opened as the home of the Boston Red Sox. 1961 FM stereo broadcasting was approved by the FCC This was like upgrading to HD from just regular tv! Big difference! 2010 Deepwater Horizon, an offshore oil drilling rig, exploded 40 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico, killing [...]
