In the 1929 Rose Bowl, the California Golden Bears squared off against the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and provided one of the most famous plays in
college football history. In the second quarter, California player Roy Riegels
recovered a fumble...
A park ranger at Yellowstone National Park was leading a
group of hikers to a fire lookout. The ranger was so intent on telling the
hikers about the flowers and animals that he considered the messages on his
two-way radio distracting, so he...
On June 28,
2008, Asia LeeShawn Ferguson went over two fences and entered a restricted area in Six Flags Over Georgia. The seventeen-year-old was hit and killed by the Batman roller coaster. It is not known why Ferguson climbed the fences; and...
On
Sunday February 18, 2001, Nascar lost one of its greatest drivers. Dale
Earnhardt, also known as “The Intimidator,” was in third place on the last lap
of the Daytona 500 when his car was tapped from behind and sent head-on into
the wall at 180...
There is an old story of a king and his
clown or “jester” who sometimes said very foolish things. One day the jester
had said something so foolish that the king handing him a staff, said to him: “Take
this, and keep it till you find a bigger fool...
A
Netherlands-based electronics firm is creating a bracelet that will change
color and flicker from yellow to red when a person’s emotions rise to unhealthy
levels. It’s being developed chiefly for stock traders on European exchanges.
When...
A boy went down to the
river for a little swim. As he left the house his father said, “Be careful,
Herbert; the river looks fair and sparkling, but there is an ugly eddy beneath
that may prove too much for you. I have tried it and know it is...
In 1997 Chinese
firefighters succeeded in putting out a 400 year old fire. The fire in the Baiyanghe
coalfield started in 1560. The fire consumed over 127 million tons of coal
before it was extinguished.
Mysophobia is
fear of dirt. Hydrophobia is fear of water. Nyclophobia is the fear of darkness.
Acrophobia is fear of high places. Taxophobia is fear of being buried alive. Xenophobia
is fear of strangers. Necrophobia is fear of the dead....
Speaking to his physician, John cried in great
perplexity, “I might not live a week!”
“Of course you may not, John, but very
likely you will, and the medicine will be in the house; it will keep; and if
you find yourself getting worse, you...