Curiosities

Willie Francis was sentenced to death for the 1944 murder of Andrew Thomas, but his first execution attempt failed, leading to a controversial Supreme Court case before he faced the electric chair a second time in 1947.Public DomainWillie Francis...

Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering two deals that would give pieces of Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore land to private owners. Rating: ContextThe proposed deals were voluntary land exchanges, meaning they would require the new owners to hand over...

<!--qv q:id=73 q:key=vcaa:Solving a tricky brain teaser might feel like it's melting your gray matter, but studies show it does pretty much the opposite. In a 2021 study on the effects of puzzle games, researchers found that brain teasers...

Lindsay Hawker was teaching English in Japan in March 2007 when she agreed to give a private lesson to Tatsuya Ichihashi — who then strangled her, buried her body in a tub on his balcony, went on the run,...

The claim that an image shows U.S. President Donald Trump kissing White House aide Natalie Harp on a golf course remains under investigation.  The rumor stems from two versions of the image shared on social media in mid-September 2026. The...

<!--qv q:id=73 q:key=vcaa:Before the towering beehive and Back to Black, she was just Amy from Southgate—a 20-year-old with a stuffed notebook, a soulful voice, and a freshly released debut album, 2003’s Frank.-->Before the towering beehive and Back to Black,...

Deng, Rae. "Why SAVE America Act Could Change How You Vote If It Passes US Senate." Snopes, 19 Mar. 2026, https://www.snopes.com//tracker/senate-vote-save-america-act/.Evon, Dan. "Has President Trump Ever Voted by Mail?" Snopes, 21 May 2020, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/trump-ever-voted-by-mail/.Izzo, Jack. "There's Still No Evidence...

Amateur photographer Aaron McLamb captured an iconic photo of Ladder 118 as it crossed the Brooklyn Bridge — not knowing that it would be the fire truck's last run.On September 11, 2001, Aaron McLamb had just arrived at his...

unbfacts:Deimos, one of Mars’s moons, has an escape speed of only about 20 km/h. In theory, a hard-thrown object—or a cyclist leaving a ramp fast enough—could escape the tiny moon’s weak gravity. Source link

<!--qv q:id=73 q:key=vcaa:Love is in the air—and the airwaves.-->Love is in the air—and the airwaves.<!--qv q:id=78 q:key=vcaa:No matter what your relationship status is, there’s nothing like singing along to a great love song. Maybe your favorite is a classic...