Why haven’t the French (& Belgians) filled (Garbage etc) the craters from WWl to enable farm land to be recovered?
Mostly they have. A few years ago, I stayed at a hotel just outside Ypres (in Belgium) which more-or-less stood dead on what was the front line, back in 1914–18.…
Who was the most dangerous outlaw in the Old West?
Others have already mentioned Jesse James and John Wesley Hardin - both notorious, cold-blooded killers. I’ll mention a guy who’s post-Old West. Rafael “Red” Lopez (1886–1921). Lopez was thought to…
Why do doctors have items handed to them during surgery? Wouldn’t it be faster to pick up the items themselves?
A surgeon’s job is performing surgery; it’s the scrub nurse’s job to keep track of instruments. Before the first incision is made, instruments are cleaned, inspected, and documented for inventory.…
I missed my first flight to LA yesterday and had to catch another one
"I missed my first flight to LA yesterday and had to catch another one. I was really upset, but now I know why! When I finally got to baggage claim…
My father passed away suddenly after a sudden illness.
That morning, around 10 a.m., he suffered a Type A aortic dissection. Earlier, at about 7 a.m., he had gone to the market to buy groceries. When he came back,…
The Incredible Story of Jean Hilliard
On the night of December 20, 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard's car ended up stuck in a ditch. Given the late hour, the freezing cold of Minnesota, and the isolated road,…
One day in 1996, Karen Wetterhahn, a well-known chemist who headed a $7 million research project, was feeling unwell: she was experiencing persistent nausea and diarrhea.
Over time, she began to feel very dizzy, lost her balance, was disoriented, and felt faint. She didn't worry much, and blamed it on work-related fatigue and stress. Time didn't…
What actors have retired from acting only to make a comeback decades later to stun audiences with their performance in a movie?
Through the 80s and 90s, Joe Pesci was one of the most recognizable actors in American movies, particularly for his roles in Martin Scorcese films like Raging Bull, Goodfellas and…
What actors were ranked “the fastest six-gun draw” in Hollywood?
———Sammy Davis Jr and Clint Eastwood with the six-gun backstage at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1959. In a 1992 “New Yorker” article, Bob Munden who was the world record…
What are some real life examples of cultural appropriation?
When my wife and I got married, she decided that she really wanted to wear a traditional red Chinese wedding dress for the ceremony. In Chinese culture, you see, the…