A dad made his son smash his Xbox with a sledgehammer for getting bad grades then posted video of it on YouTube. The boy had three weeks to improve his performance at school and when he didn’t, his dad ordered him to smash the gaming system.The boy refused. His dad yelled and swore at him [...]
A 64-year-old Texas man posted a “wife wanted ad” on the tailgate of his pick-up truck. The man’s been posting marriage invites on his truck for three years but is getting more creative - hoping to get more attention. He is looking for a non-smoker, non-drinker and she has to be under 40-years-old. He has [...]
Only 28% of women they think they're better drivers than men, but in actual studies on the road, they got higher scores on driving tests than men. They're less likely to speed, tailgate, blow through yellow lights, make dangerous cuts into traffic, talk on the phone, or text. The only areas where men scored better [...]
1940 Nylon stockings from DuPont went on general sale for the first time in the United States. Nylon was invented in 1935 by Wallace Carothers 1990 Vincent Van Gogh's Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for $82.5 million. The sale set a new then-world record and then lastly... 2006 A judge formally charges Saddam Hussein with crimes [...]
A map by the New York State Cancer registry shows the most distinctive causes of death per state. Which is basically a rate of death from a certain cause is higher than the other states. Read more here!
1804 The Lewis and Clark expedition set out from St. Louis. What a crazy journey! 1904 The Olympic Games were held in the United States for the first time! They were held in St. Louis, Missouri! 1985 The first McDonald’s restaurant -- in Des Plaines, IL -- became the first museum of the fast-food business. Quite the business! 1998 The 180th & final episode of Seinfeld aired [...]
"Time" magazine has a new feature that's pretty cool. It figures out what you'd be named if you were born TODAY. And no, it doesn't just spit out "Emma" for women and "Aiden, Brayden, or Jaden" for men.Here's how it works. It looks up the popularity of your name from the year you were [...]
Scarlett Johansson is as 'close to physical perfection' as any celebrity currently alive. A lingerie company has analyzed the curves of leading celebrity ladies and found the 30-year-old American actress has the perfect 'Golden Ratio' figure. The ancient Greeks claimed there was a Golden Ratio for all things when they approached perfection, and Scarlett's vital [...]
1950 Born on May 13, Stevland Morris came into the world prematurely. He then recieved too much oxygen in the incubator, which caused the baby to become permanently blind. However, this did not Stevland’s incredible musical talents as a singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist. At the young age of ten, Little Stevie Wonder, as he was called [...]
Here's a BIG one for the "no good deed goes unpunished" thing. Michael Hammons of Athens, Georgia is an Army veteran who served in Desert Storm. And he was in the parking lot of a shopping center on Saturday when he saw a small dog locked inside a car. It was REALLY hot out and [...]
