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Crazy Patents
A patentis a type of intellectual propertythat gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an inventionfor a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosureof the invention.[1]In most countries, patent rights fall under private lawand the...
Mickey Barreto - An NYC Real Estate Loophole Story
For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by exploiting an obscure local housing law.
Richard Dawkins
Richard DawkinsFRSFRSL(born 26 March 1941)[3]is a Britishevolutionary biologist,zoologist,science communicatorand author.[4]He is anemeritus fellowofNew College, Oxford, and wasProfessor for Public Understanding of Sciencein theUniversity of Oxfordfrom 1995 to 2008. His 1976 bookThe Selfish Genepopu...
October Bonus: Inside the Dangerous, Secretive World of Extreme Fishing
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/extreme-fishing-montauk-wetsuiting-striped-bass/679574/
Siege Weapons and Fortifications
A siege engineis a weaponused to destroy fortificationssuch as defensive walls, castles, bunkersand fortified gateways.A fortification(also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a militaryconstructiondesigned for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in ...
Pied Piper and the Children's Crusade
The legend dates back to the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicoloured ("pied") clothing, who was a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away[1]with his magic pipe. When the citizens refused to pay for this service as promised, he retaliated by usi...
Project 57
Project 57was an open-air nuclear test conducted by the United States at the Nellis Air Force Rangein 1957,[1][2]following Operation Redwing, and preceding Operation Plumbbob. The test area, also known as Area13, was a 10 miles (16km) by 16 miles (26km) block of land abutting the northeast boundary ...
Sun Wukong the Monkey King
Sun Wukong(Chinese: 孫悟空, Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́nûkʰʊ́ŋ]), also known as the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.[1]In the novel, Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a stone wh...
Humanists for Harris Livestream - Audio Version
Here it is in case you missed it. If you want to read the chat you can go to Youtube and view it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/R3skyySEOuE?si=d01zRJyFvCnzarhjYou can still donate to add to the total if you missed it:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/humanists
Humanists for Harris Livestream Recording
Here it is in case you missed it. If you want to read the chat you can go to Youtube and view it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/R3skyySEOuE?si=d01zRJyFvCnzarhjYou can still donate to add to the total if you missed it:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/humanists
Hulk Hogan, the Love Sponge, and Peter Thiel
Bollea v. Gawkerwas a lawsuit filed in 2013 in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuitin Pinellas County, Florida, delivering a verdict on March 18, 2016. In the suit, Terry Gene Bollea, known professionally as Hulk Hogan, sued Gawker Media, publisher of the Gawkerwebsite, and several Gawker...
Human Greetings and Congratulation Rituals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HandshakeA handshakeis a globally widespread, brief greetingor parting traditionin which two people grasp one of each other's hands, and in most cases, it is accompanied by a brief up-and-down movement of the grasped hands. Customs surrounding handshakes are specifi...
The Ice Bowl
The 1967 NFL Championship Gamewas the 35th NFL championship, played on December 31 at Lambeau Fieldin Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1][2]Because of the adverse conditions in which the game was played, the rivalry between the two teams, and the game's dramatic climax, it has been immortalized as the Ice ...
Colton Harris Moore - The Barefoot Bandit
Colton Harris Moore(born March 22, 1991)[10]is an American former fugitive. He was charged with the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in property, including several small aircraft, boats, and multiple cars, all committed while still a teenager.
Jeanne Calment
Jeanne Louise Calment(French: [ʒan lwiz kalmɑ̃]ⓘ; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarianand, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, the oldest person everwhose age has been verified.[1]Her longevityattracted media attention and medical studies of her he...
JBS Haldane and the X-Craft
John Burdon Sanderson HaldaneFRS(/ˈhɔːldeɪn/; 5 November 1892– 1 December 1964[1][2]), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS",[3]was a British-Indian scientist who worked in physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and mathematics. With innovative use of statistics in biology, he was one...
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake(c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorerand privateerbest known for his circumnavigation of the worldin a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall. He is also known for participating in the...
The Conch Rebellion
The Conch Republic(/ˈkɒŋk/) is a micronationdeclared as a sarcastic secessionof the city of Key West, Florida, from the United States on April 23, 1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city. Since then, the term "Conch Republic" has been expanded to refer to "all o...
Anthony Comstock
Anthony Comstock(March7, 1844 – September21, 1915) was an American anti-vice activist, United States Postal Inspector, and secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice(NYSSV), who was dedicated to upholding Christian morality. He opposed obsceneliterature, abortion, contraception,...
Assassination attempts on Fidel Castro
The United States' Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) made numerous unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. There were also attempts by Cuban exiles, sometimes in cooperation with the CIA. The 1975 Church Committeeclaimed eight proven CIA assassination attempts between 1960...
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs(February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc.Jobs was also the founder of NeXTand chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolutio...
Late Bronze Age Collapse
The Late Bronze Age collapsewas a time of widespread societal collapseduring the 12th century BC associated with environmental change, mass migration, and the destruction of cities. The collapse affected a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean(North Africaand Southeast Europe) and the Near East, i...
Spaceships That Weren't
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canceled_launch_vehicle_designsEven before the launch of Sputnik 1, there were various types of launch vehicle designs. The launch vehicle designs described below are either canceled or never left the drawing board.
Frank Bourassa - The Greatest Counterfeiter in the World
Counterfeitingof the currency of the United Statesis widely attempted. According to the United States Department of Treasury, an estimated $70 million in counterfeit bills are in circulation, or approximately 1 note in counterfeits for every 10,000 in genuine currency, with an upper bound of $200 mi...
Unusual Deaths 4
This list of unusual deathsincludes unique or extremely rare circumstances of deathrecorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
The Ark Encounter
Ark Encounteris a Christiantheme parkthat opened in Williamstown, Kentucky, United States, in 2016.[2][3]The centerpiece of the park is a large representation of Noah's Ark, based on the Genesis flood narrativecontained in the Bible. It is 510 feet (155.4m) long, 85 feet (25.9m) wide, and 51 fee...
First Expeditions to Mount Everest
Mount Everest[3]is Earth's highest mountainabove sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himalsub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal borderruns across its summit point.[4]Its elevation (snow height) of 8,848.86m (29,031ft 8+1⁄2in) was most recently established in 2020 by the Chinese and Ne...
May Bonus: Ray Comfort, "Banana Man" Chapter 1-2
What do you do when the world’s most famous atheist mocks and insults you on international television, in universities, and throughout social media?You look to the Bible and see how Joseph was humiliated before the time came when God opened a big door of opportunity for him. You see how Moses was ...
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart(/ˈɛərhɑːrt/AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared deadJanuary 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, she embraced c...
Chicxulub Impact
The Chicxulub crater(IPA: [t͡ʃikʃuˈluɓ]ⓘcheek-shoo-LOOB) is an impact craterburied underneath the Yucatán Peninsulain Mexico. Its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of Chicxulub Pueblo.[3]It was formed slightly over 66 million years agowhen a large meteor...
