It’s strange enough that a boat-plane with $3,000,000 in cash would go missing. It’s also strange that it would be so underreported. PanAm Clippers were flying passenger boats that flew from mainland U.S. to China. Because of the Clippers’ limited range, the Clippers hopped from island base to island base, much like a toad hopping… Continue reading Where Is the Missing $3 Million From the Lost Hawaii Clipper?
Category: Things You’ve Never Heard Of
POM Juice and the Vietnam War
POM pomegranate juice has become popular due to research about the health benefits of pomegranates (it might help with erectile disfunction) and because of a huge marketing push in the last few years. Some time ago, though, I was reading a New Yorker article about how POM went from nothing–was there any kind of pomegranate… Continue reading POM Juice and the Vietnam War
Disneyland Matterhorn: Is There a Secret Basketball Court Inside?
Legend has it that there is a secret basketball court located inside that most famous fake mountain located in the Los Angeles area…Disneyland’s Matterhorn. Truth or fiction? Truth. Instead of a secret Bondian evil villain lair with shark tanks and stolen Rembrandts, the secret room in the Disneyland Matterhorn is actually a half-court basketball court.… Continue reading Disneyland Matterhorn: Is There a Secret Basketball Court Inside?