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Powered by solar batteries, the 1982 hit single "Africa" by Toto, will be playing on a loop forever in the Namib Desert, Africa.

Pilots can lose consciousness due to too much G-Force. Legless pilot Douglas Bader used this to his advantage...

In VERY small amounts, like a few teaspoons, drinking blood is absolutely safe.

The highly skilled Soviet Night Witch pilots would cut their engines when approaching a target and simply glide towards it.

To counter the more important military uses for steel, US President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 43 concrete ships.

Alfred Hitchcock, considered as cinema's original father of horror and master of suspense, was born on a Friday the 13th.

In Nigeria, only 5% of people have health insurance. People in hospital not allowed to leave until they pay their medical bills.

Did you know that Duct tape was used in the Gulf War to repair and protect helicopter rotor blades?

Blind people who were born with vision will dream in pictures. Although not forever...

Hiroo Onoda saw leaflets announcing Japan's surrender during WWII. He thought it was a trick and chose to ignore it.

"To paint the town red" comes from an interesting story of an English prankster in the 1800's literally painting the town red!

One site where the effects of Chernobyl’s radioactive rains is still very present today, in the famous Loch Ness in Scotland.