Life & Death
Man awake during 23 year coma – or was he?
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009As widely reported this week in the Daily Mail, abc , msn and other news media, a man in Belgium who was diagnosed with persistent vegetative state 23 years ago after a car crash, was actually consciously aware the whole time! Incredible as this may be, what might be almost as incredible if found to [...]
Population Overdrive!
Sunday, September 14th, 2008The world’s (human) population at the time of Christ was about 200 million. Now it is nearing 7 billion! Projections for future population show it is expected to be 9.2 billion by 2050, this represents an increase from 2007 equivalent to the whole population of the world in 1950! Source: Optimum Population Trust
Parents tried to name their child: Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Swedish parents Elisabeth Hallin and Lasse Diding had planned never to name their baby boy, born in 1991, as a protest against the naming law of Sweden (Namnlag (1982:670)). The law requires a name by the child’s fifth birthday and a fine was imposed, prompting the couple to submit the 43 character name which was [...]
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Ancient World
- Bizarre
- Business and Finance
- Coincidences
- Conspiracies
- Cool Stuff
- Countries & Customs
- Current Affairs
- Entertainment & The Arts
- Famous People
- Featured
- Google Maps
- Human Endeavours
- Humorous
- Language
- Life & Death
- Military
- Natural World
- Numbers & Maths
- Quick Facts!
- Religion & Beliefs
- Science
- Space
- Sports & Pastimes
- Technology
- About
- Contact
- Subscribe
RSS via Feedburner
Follow IF on Twitter
Wired News Feed
- Apple relaxes app development rules 07, September 9, 2010
- Oregano supplement makes cows less gassy 03, September 9, 2010
- Tesco embraces iPhone with 'Groceries' app 34, September 9, 2010
- iOS 4.1 released, and already jailbroken 47, September 9, 2010
- Why alcohol lengthens your lifespan 35, September 9, 2010
- How Randy Pitchford saved Duke Nukem Forever 00, September 9, 2010
- World of Warcraft's Cataclysm begins 53, September 9, 2010
- Google search gets instant results 42, September 8, 2010
- Which Wikipedia page has 12 volumes worth of edits? 34, September 8, 2010
- Cornwall installs world's largest wave energy site 23, September 8, 2010
QI News Feed
- German Condom Ad Sparks Anger in China 00, April 18, 2009
- Visit the world's newest Ferris wheel - in Middlesbrough 00, April 10, 2009
- "We shall not, we shall not be viewed!" 00, April 3, 2009
- Asperger's Syndrome stress linked with hormone levels 00, April 2, 2009
- RIP Microsoft Encarta 00, March 31, 2009
- Britain's oldest living man becomes Britain's oldest man ever 00, March 29, 2009
- 2008 Diagram Prize given to Fromage Frais 00, March 27, 2009
- Japanese Hay Fever Sufferers turn to Robots 00, March 26, 2009
- Nude paintings of Taoiseach Removed 00, March 24, 2009
- The Book of Animal Ignorance, South Africa 00, December 13, 2007