Did you know that in the 16th century, the English Navy used bottled messages to relay information about enemy positions. Queen Elizabeth I even created an official position for people to who open the bottles. They were called Uncorker of Ocean Bottles, and in the event someone else opened the bottles, they will be executed.
That is just one of the many amazing message in a bottle facts you will learn today. So keep reading!
I would shoot a wild guess here, you probably hate loathe Mondays, and that is totally understandable. You start working again on Mondays, and you probably have tons of stuff to do, and meetings to attend to during Mondays, so it’s okay to hate it.
But if you’re Alexander I of Yugoslavia, you’d probably hate Tuesday the most.
Today in History: On this day in 1934, the Texas and Louisiana state police kill criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. (more…)
Before the Galileo Galilei’s discovery of Ganymede (along with three other Jovian moons) humans have always thought that the moon is the only moon. But, as history proves it many times, early humans are wrong. In fact, after the discovery of Galilei, humans came to the belief that the planets revolve around the sun instead of the early-Middle Age belief that the Earth was flat and everything revolved around it. (more…)
At some point, after you have experienced flying for a couple of times or more, you’ll ask yourself, Why does airline food taste bad? (more…)
In 2002, Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire asked the world what is the funniest joke ever. He created a website called Laugh Lab and asked people to rate and submit jokes. His aim, of course, is to find out what joke appealed most to the world, using different demographic, cultural, and geographical factors. (more…)
There is a mountain in Australia and it’s the literally biggest disappointment you could ever find.
Cats have been taking the world without making so much noise. And by that we don’t mean that they are taking over the Internet, they are actually taking over the world, the real one that is. (more…)
Mankind has always found a way to ease up things. Since time immemorial, we have always endeavored to create inventions that will help us do something quicker, better, and easier. But most of the times, these inventions come with interesting stories. That is why, in today’s article, we’ll be talking about some interesting inventors and inventions stories. (more…)
You love coffee, we get it. And most of the times, you are seen sipping through a warm cup of Starbucks coffee (along with a few hipsters, doing their thing on a pricey but ragged-looking laptop). But were you ever curious at why Starbucks is named so? What is the Starbucks name origin? (more…)