that the extreme lifelong behavioral problems of Nancy Spungen (gf of Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols) are thought to be caused by brain damage via birth asphyxia from umbilical cord wrapped around her neck

William Shatner would hide Leonard Nemoy's bicycle because Nemoy used it to get ahead in line at the commissary, going as far as tying it to rafters or placing it in a room with a territorial doberman.

Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.

During the American Civil War, the Confederacy attempted to develop an unusual weapon known as the "H.L. Hunley," which became the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship. On February 17, 1864, Hunley achieved this remarkable feat by torpedoing and sinking the Union Navy's Housatonic

that in2017 Tina Turner received a kidney donated by her husband.

it was an Ottoman merchant named Pasqua Rosee [Paşa Rıza] who first brought coffee (kahve) to England in 1650, selling it in a coffeehouse in George-yard, Lombard Street, London.

In the 1950s the CIA would spread rumors of vampires in the Philippines to dissuade communist rebels. They would ambush the back member of a patrol silently, kill them before draining them of blood and poking two holes in their neck before leaving the body just off the road.

The state sport of Maryland is jousting!

that only around 15% of French words are Frankish in origin

While some plant based milks date back to the 13th century, oat milk was invented in the 1990s. Rickard Öste developed oat milk while studying lactose intolerance at Lund University in Sweden.

that the last remaining Chi-Chi’s restaurant is located in Vienna, Austria. Germany and Belgium closed their locations in 2022.

that in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, instead of a rush hour, they have what locals call a "rush minute", owing to the fact that the city is not connected to the rest of Canada by road and has a population of roughly 7,000 people who mostly work for the government with similar schedules.

PFC Ralph E. Dias, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action that occured on November 12, 1969 in Vietnam. Although severely wounded multiple times by enemy fire, he continued to throw grenades at an enemy bunker until it was destroyed and he was mortally wounded.

(inverted cross or upside down cross) symbol is also called the Cross of Saint Peter aka The Petrine Cross and is interconnected with the Vatican’s pope papacy prophecy from the Origen of Alexandria found in the "Martyrdom of Peter" dating from circa 200 A.D.

"First Man" screenwriter Josh Singer interviewed Neil Armstrong's wife Janet, who died two months before the release of the 2018 movie. Janet's anger during Neil's mission was real, as seen in her outburst to NASA men, "You're just a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood!"

that there is an ALS-Parkinson's-dementia overlap syndrome seen almost exclusively in Guam called lytico-bodig disease. It was first reported in 1904 and by the 1950s had become the leading cause of death on the island before largely disappearing. The cause remains unknown.

from 1929 to 1931 three consecutive Canadian born women won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was nearly 90 years before another Canadian man or woman won the top Oscar.

that the American/Canadian cities called "Carlsbad" were named for the presence of mineral water springs, honoring the Bohemian spa city Karlovy Vary, or Karlsbad in German.

that the flaming chalice for Unitarian-Universalism was created by an Austrian Jewish refugee named Hans Deutsch, who took inspiration from flaming chalices of oil at ancient Roman and Greek altars

Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott got his drill stuck on the moon during an experiment. When he reached a depth of 5.3 feet, lunar soil particles rode up the helix of the drill bit and halted its momentum, postponing his task. The drill chuck was later auctioned for almost $50,000 in 2016