Quotes from Scott Matthews

74. In 1944 a 16-year-old black student in Columbus, Ohio won an essay contest on the theme 'what to do with Hitler after the war' by submitting a single sentence. "Put him in black skin and let him live the rest of his life in America.

46. In 1918 a World War One homing pigeon named Cher Ami saved 194 American soldiers lives by continuing her journey after losing an eye, a leg and after having been shot through the chest.

931.A third grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother sent her a birthday cake to school along with a knife to cut it. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities for having a dangerous weapon.

American scientists blew up a hydrogen bomb that was a hundred times as powerful as the one used in Hiroshima right outside the atmosphere in the summer of 1962, just to find out what would happen.

In 2013, a 59-year-old man named Alan Markovitz was upset at his ex-wife for cheating on him, bought a house next to hers and installed a giant $7,000 statue of a hand giving the finger aimed at her house.

There are more trade regulations imposed upon bananas than upon AK-47s.

As of 2015, the Guinness World Record for long distance archery is held by Matt Stutzman, a Paralympic, armless archer.

The word "BAE" which is popular in North American society is actually the Danish word for poop.

1026. Confidential data from the maritime industry that leaked information revealed that one giant container ship can emit the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as fifty million cars. That means the top fifteen largest container ships together in the world may be emitting as

much pollution as all 760 million cars on Earth.

484.The original release date of Halo 2 for the PC was delayed because Microsoft discovered that one of the developers hid a picture of his ass in it.

When you sit for longer than three hours per day, your life expectancy can be reduced by up to two years. It can reduce by an additional 1.4 years if you are watching TV as you sit down.

In 2006, Michigan woman Lynn Sterling tried to sell a mummified human skeleton on eBay. eBay removed the posting because it violated their policy against selling human remains.

The WWOOF or the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms is an international program that allows you to travel the world with free food and accommodations in exchange for volunteer work.

351.Statues in parks: If the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

We're technically living about eighty milliseconds in the past because that's how long it takes our brain to process information.

In Alaska, it's against the law to look for a moose from an airplane.

the 1st of January on a leap year falls on a Sunday, the months of January, April and July will each have a Friday the 13th. In the 20th century, this happened in 1928, 1956 and 1984. In the 21st century, this will happen four times in 2012, 2040, 2068, 2096.

Expiration dates for bottled water is actually for the bottle, not for the water in it.

In 2013 a lost Egyptian city named Heracleion was discovered underwater after being lost for 1200 years in the Mediterranean Sea.

3. In the 1990s the U.S. Air Force did research on creating a gay bomb, a non lethal bomb that contained intense pheromones that would make the enemy's forces attracted to each other.

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

Dr. Duncan MacDougall, Haverhill, once attempted to prove that the human soul had weight by placing dying patients on a giant scale at the exact moment of death. Believe it or not, at the exact moment of death, there was a slight decrease in weight.

Soviet diplomat Vyacheslav Molotov is thought to be the only man to ever shake hands with Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Roosevelt, and Churchill and is also the inspiration behind the term Molotov cocktail.