A man was supposed to be on both doomed Malaysian Air flights. Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge had a ticket for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370, but changed his ticket at the last second. The plane still hasn’t been found. He was also scheduled to fly on Flight MH 17, but ended up changing his ticket for another flight.
Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, and everyone is just starting their week! Hopefully, you all got plenty of rest over the weekend, and are rested and refreshed for a brand new week!
How many of you have ever played with shadow puppets, or watched when someone else did shadow puppets? Shadows can be fun, and anyone that has ever watched them play across their ceiling or floor at night can understand just how deceptive they can be! Today’s optical illusion is actually a video that shows the power of shadows.
Quite an impressive sight is it not? The way that the tree was turned into the Flamenco dancer? This video just goes to show how talented some people can be at creating mind blowing optical illusions!
Ready to check out another fun optical illusion? Check out this Ticino Village illusion, and what do you see? Do you all see two men working in the village or do you see something else? Illusions are a lot of fun because they can really stimulate the imagination, and if you all see the hidden illusion, be sure you drop us a comment below and let us know all about it! Happy Monday and have a great day!
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An asthmatic boy died in a severe asthma attack because the school forbid asthma inhalers; while the boy was dying, the inhalers sat in a safe at the principal’s office.
An Australian man living by a cliff has prevented around 160 suicides in his 50 years of living there, by striking up a conversation with people contemplating suicide and inviting them to his house for tea.
Neil Armstrong’s 82 year old grandmother told him to look around and not step on the moon if “it didn’t look good”. Neil agreed he wouldn’t.
Tempest Prognosticator was a device that kept 12 leeches inside small bottles. They attempted to climb out of the bottles when a storm was approaching, causing a bell to ring. The number of times the bell was struck indicated the likelihood of a storm.
Howard Stern ran for Governor of New York in 1994 promising to limit road work to night hours. He eventually withdrew, but later that year, The Howard Stern Bill was signed into law which limited road construction in New York City and Long Island to night hours.
Part of the reason that people seem more attractive when you’re drunk is that alcohol inhibits your ability to recognize asymmetry in a face.
“The Blue Marble” is the only whole-earth photo taken by human hands. No one has since been far enough from earth to take a similar picture.
James Cameron was homeless when writing The Terminator, and sold the rights for $1, on the condition he could direct it.
Helsinki, Finland has a four-times-a-year event called Restaurant Day. The occasion offers anyone the opportunity to set up a restaurant, café, or bar, for just one day, without having to apply for official permits – as long as alcohol is not on the drinks list.
905 - Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured
1542 - Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium)
1595 - Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island
1749 - Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland
1960 - In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM
1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
1865 - Robert Kahn, composer
1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canada, writer (Medium is the Massage)
1933 - John C Gardner, scholar/writer (Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues)
1963 - Paulo Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
1968 - Christian Perthaler, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1972 - Joe Rudolph, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1782 - Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63
1821 - Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
1917 - Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle
1932 - Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player
1972 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (b. 1889)
1990 - Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65
