Dozens of restaurants in China caught lacing food with opium in attempt to hook customers on their food.
Chinese state officials say that thirty-five restaurants across China, including a popular chain of hot pot restaurants in Beijing, have been found using opium as seasoning in their food. The China Food and Drug Administration won’t say how or why the opium was placed in the restaurant food but it is believed (based on past…
Dogs are welcome at our hotel… People too.
Woman lies to crowd that she won lottery and will buy out store for them – little lie causes big problems.
In October 2009, a generous Columbus, Ohio woman arrived at a Burlington Coat Factory store in a stretch Hummer limousine and announced to everyone inside that she had won the lottery and to celebrate, would pay for everyone’s purchases. People packed the register lines as cashiers began ringing up purchases as fast as they could.…
80-year-old man charged for driving car described as “pile of snow on road”
We’ve all done it. You’re in a rush so you wipe just enough snow off the windshield to provide a portal for navigation while the defroster clears off the rest. But an 80-year-old Ontario man took it to the extreme and as a result was charged for driving an unsafe car almost completely covered with…
That time President Roosevelt was shot in the chest but went ahead, took the stage, and made his speech anyway
Any presidential assassination attempt is highly unusual but the attempt to assassinate President Theodore Roosevelt stands head and shoulders above any other. Roosevelt was shot in the chest just before making a speech, but with blood seeping through his shirt and a bullet lodged in his chest, he took the stage anyway and made his…
Michael Jackson’s leaked autopsy reports confirm the horrifying facts we already knew.
Two autopsies were performed on global superstar Michael Jackson, who was found dead on the floor of his rented Los Angeles mansion on June 25, 2009. One autopsy was performed on the 50-year-old singer by the Los Angeles coroner and a private one was requested by his family. Results of the official autopsy leaked to…
That time in World War II when Japan used a hot air balloon to bomb Oregon and kill six people.
It may surprise you to find that there were actually six civilian casualties in the 48 states during World War II. The incident occurred in 1945 when a Japanese balloon bomb floated into the United States where it killed six people in rural eastern Oregon. They are the only World War II U.S. combat casualties…
Did you know China has a telescope on the Moon?
Did you know China has a telescope on the Moon? The 15-centimeter telescope was delivered to the moon aboard the Chang’e 3 lunar lander which landed on the moon in December 2013. In the photo above, the small arrow points to the Chang’e 3 rover and the big arrow points to the Chang’e 3 lander…
Wonderful, beautiful, striking pictures of ice that look like works of art
Water, frozen into a solid state – we see it on the ground in the winter, on top of mountains, and in our refrigerators – but how often have you thought about how marvelous ice is? In our Solar System, ice is abundant and found naturally on most of the planets. On Earth, it plays…
