Tonight I also stumbled across 50 Things You’re Not Supposed to Know, a compact little book full factual conspiracy theory-type info that’s shocking but true. Things like:
-Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union considered plans to detonate an atomic bomb on the moon simply as a show of power.
-Two atomic bombs fell on North Carolina when the plane carrying them exploded. One bomb’s parachute opened and it fell safely to earth and was recovered. The other bomb crashed into the earth and was buried 150 feet deep. Part of the bomb was recovered, but to this day the land is tested for traces of radiation.
-Adolf Hitler’s blood relatives are alive and well in New York.
Stuff like that. It’s kind of an appetizer to suck you into a real history book, but still incredibly interesting.
Hey, been reading this for awhile now found it through a friend. Just thought maybe you’d find some of this stuff interesting.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is impossible to lick your elbow. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this…) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%. San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later. The name Golf comes from the fact that the game was originaly titled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. That’s all.