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Though native to South America, pineapples (scientific name: Ananas comosus) made their way to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, and it was here that Christopher Columbus first spotted their spiky crowns in 1493. Columbus and his crew took pineapples back to Spain, where everyone loved how sweet this new, exotic fruit tasted. They tried to […]
Some towns get unusual names through marketing chutzpah or misplaced enthusiasm or even through bad spelling. But Whynot, North Carolina might be the most relatable story of all: it’s probably the world’s only town named out of sheer boredom. Whynot is located in the Piedmont Triad region of north-central North Carolina, about eighty miles east […]
A California couple returned home after a trip to find the inside of their home had been taken over by hundreds of birds. Gary and Patti Reitemeyer said they returned to their Redding home after a trip to Sacramento and discovered hundreds of swallows had apparently flown into the house through the chimney. The Reitemeyers […]
There has been a long-standing movement to shed the shame typically associated with being less than Hollywood perfect. The photoshopped images found in fashion and beauty magazines have been marked as a direct cause of a rising instance of eating disorders among the youth. Too long has health been associated with unrealistic body types and […]
Authorities said they arrested a passenger at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Thursday after he opened the emergency exit on a flight that just landed, walked onto the wing and slid to the ground. Chicago police said the man was on a United Airlines flight that had just arrived from San Diego. Officials said […]
An unidentified woman from Macomb County, Mich., has won $2 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket that she bought due to how the ticket looked. The 44-year-old bought a $2,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular ticket due to how it caught her eye. The scratch-off retails for $20. “The $2,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular ticket caught my eye because I […]
International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) is observed on May 4. It was instituted after a proposal was emailed out around the world on January 4, 1999, due to the deaths of five firefighters in tragic circumstances in a bushfire in Australia. The incident On December 2, 1998, a tragic event shook the Linton Community, Australia and […]
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day, celebrated annually on May 3, was started by a professional public speaker to celebrate the diversity of humanity. The holiday was started by Arlene Kaiser, a professional public speaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild who is known for wearing mismatched shoes when she gives her presentations. The official website for National […]
David Rush of Idaho has earned yet another Guinness World Record — this time for the most blind beach ball passes in 30 seconds. Rush uploaded footage of his new record to his YouTube channel, which featured the 36-year-old catching and tossing a beach ball while being blindfolded. “Sometimes you have to perform even when one […]
A Massachusetts-based greeting card company broke two Guinness World Records with the creation of a quilling paper replica of Vincent Van Gogh‘s Starry Night measuring 287.77 square feet. Quilling Card, a Framingham-based company specializing in greeting cards made with quilling, earned the Guinness World Record for largest quilling paper mosaic (image) with the Starry Night replica measuring 19.09 feet tall […]
