Betty And Barney Hill Alien Abduction - Part 2

Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Betty And Barney Hill Alien Abduction - Part 2
Image Source As news of the UFO sighting became more common place, the Hills were forced to hide from reporters as much as possible. Because of the missing time element, and the desire to know what, if anything, had happened during that time, they decided to contact a psychiatrist....

A Vegetarian Pizza For The Homeless

Saturday, August 10, 2013
A Vegetarian Pizza For The Homeless
Before his execution, Philip Workman requested that his final meal be a vegetarian pizza donated to any homeless person.  The prison officials denied his request, and Workman refused to eat anything. On May 9 2007, homeless shelters across Tennessee received massive numbers...

World's Largest Swimming Pool

Wednesday, August 07, 2013
World's largest pool which cost $1bn and holds 66m gallons is so big you can even sail boats on it. At the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, a quick dip could well turn into a marathon. Swimming a length in this, the world's largest outdoor pool, would mean...

The Three Peaks of Lavaredo

Wednesday, August 07, 2013
The Three Peaks of Lavaredo
The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, three battlement-like peaks that loom steeply and mightily out of the scree in the Sesto Dolomites, consisting of the Cima Grande (big), the Cima Ovest (western) and the Cima Piccola (little). Since they were first climbed in 1869, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo...

HOW DID THE ICE-CREAM SUNDAE COME INTO EXISTENCE?

Wednesday, August 07, 2013
HOW DID THE ICE-CREAM SUNDAE COME INTO EXISTENCE?
Version One - Evanston, Illinois  In the Midwestern parts of United States, laws were once passed that prohibited the selling of soda water on a Sunday. The town of Evanston, Illinois was one of the first towns to pass such a law around the year 1890. As an alternative...