Actor and director Angelina Jolie has ignited another worldwide conversation about cancer, revealing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she had undergone surgery, at age 39, to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer. As she did 22 months ago, when she announced that she had had bilateral mastectomies to […]
The Airbus A320 – flight 4U 9525 – went down between Digne and Barcelonnette. There are no survivors, officials say. The “black box” flight recorder has been found, France’s interior minister says. The cause of the crash is not known and the plane sent no distress signal during an eight-minute descent. So what do we […]
1. The largest bill ever printed was the $100,000 bill; it was actually a gold certificate issued inn 1934.
1.) Fort de Roovere, Halsteren, Netherlands Nicknamed the “Moses Bridge” because the water has parted, this “bridge” was used to allow people to cross the Fort’s moat. Its creators opted for this barely-visible design so as not to disturb the historical site’s look.
Dog lovers, give your little furry friend an extra hug and treat today. Monday is National Puppy Day. Celebrity Pet & Home Life Style expert and author Colleen Paige founded the holiday in 2006 to “help save orphaned puppies across the globe and educate the public about the horrors of puppy mills,” according to the […]
Chandler Riggs is the 15-year-old actor who’s best known for his role as Carl Grimes on the post-apocalyptic zombie show on AMC, The Walking Dead. He’s been playing the role since he was 10. Riggs’ next project isn’t too far removed from the premise of The Walking Dead. He’s filming the horror film Home Invasion. In […]
Vin Diesel has named his newborn daughter Pauline, after his late The Fast and the Furious co-star Paul Walker. “I named her Pauline,” he told US morning talk show Today. “[Walker] was in the room. There’s no other person that I’m thinking about as I’m cutting this umbilical cord. “I knew he was there and […]
Emmy Noether may not be a household name, but her compatriot Albert Einstein — someone who definitely is — once called her “the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.” Noether, born in a small town in Germany in 1882, would have been 133 on Monday, and […]
There’s something magical about bridges. They’re often incredible feats of engineering and design. They’re meant to connect people and places that would otherwise have to exist separately. Crossing a bridge is a singular experience. You’re neither here nor there, but hanging in the middle. You could be suspended over a river, hang in a valley, […]
If you love facts, but don’t have the time to sit around reading encyclopedia volume after encyclopedia volume just so you’ll have something to say that will impress your co-workers at the water cooler, then these one-sentence bits of information are for you. Here’s a bonus fact to get you started: they’re super interesting.