Europe’s currency, the Euro, was initially designed with strict rules in mind, but these rules eventually went out the window with one cheeky plan. “The Eurobridges Spijkenisse, locally known as the Spijkenisser Eurobruggen, is an applied arts project in the city of Spijkenisse, in the Dutch province of South Holland. […]
This country had an official wizard for decades, then they fired him. “In 1974, the Wizard migrated to Christchurch in New Zealand and began to speak on a ladder in Cathedral Square. The city council attempted to have him arrested, but he became so popular that they made the square […]
Can you still get in to heaven after taking God to court? These people apparently didn’t care. “Lawsuits against supernatural beings, such as God or the devil, have occurred in real life and in fiction. Issues debated in the actions include the problem of evil and harmful “acts of God”.” […]
The pooper looks pretty funny, but is this figurine comedy or tragedy? “A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: [kəɣəˈne]) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas such as Andorra, Valencia, Balearic Islands, and Northern Catalonia (in southern France). It is most […]
This bank robbery was the first of its kind – and in all likelihood, the last. “On January 6, 1995, McArthur Wheeler and Clifton Earl Johnson robbed two banks in the Greater Pittsburgh area at gunpoint. At 2:47 p.m., at the Swissvale branch of Mellon Bank, one of them stuck […]
Who needs a precisely machined firearm? The ammunition is where all the magic happens anyways… “Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns, or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing materials […]
Byzantine historian Procopius documented many details from the empire’s numerous wars, but he also mentions something that modern historians can’t quite figure out. “Porphyrios is mentioned in the writings of the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius, both in the History of the Wars (VII 29) and The Secret History. According to […]
The British are very serious about Paddington Bear – not even members of the armed forces are shown mercy when it comes to Paddington. “Paddington Bear is among the most popular characters in children’s literature. The actor Stephen Fry, who narrated Paddington audiobooks, stated “Michael Bond’s bear is a Great […]
Incredibly these trumpets survived over 3,000 years – more incredibly; some madmen decided to play them to hear what they sound like. “Tutankhamun’s trumpets are a pair of trumpets found in the burial chamber of the Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The trumpets, one of sterling silver and one of bronze […]
This 1,600-year-old poem has never been replicated in English, because it would be virtually impossible. “The Star Gauge (Chinese: 璇璣圖; pinyin: xuán jī tú), or translated as “the armillary sphere chart”, is the posthumous title given to a 4th-century Chinese poem written by the Sixteen Kingdoms poet Su Hui for […]
