This year, the Winter Olympics are being held at a lower altitude than ever before: 69 feet above sea level, in Vancouver. (The only other year that comes close was 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. Elevation: 75 feet.) Also oddly, this winter has been one of the warmest on record in Vancouver, with almost no snowfall. [...]

o In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
o The increased electricity used by modern appliance parts is causing a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field. [...]

Night Train ends long U.S. wait
WHISTLER (Reuters) – Steve Holcomb’s Night Train tamed Whistler’s wild track to bring home the first American gold medal in Olympic four-man bobsleigh for 62 years on Saturday. Holcomb and his crew held on to a comfortable lead in the fourth and final run to present the United States with [...]

CONCORD, N.H. – Frustration turned to resignation Saturday for hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast struggling to survive another day waiting for utility crews to restore electricity after powerful storms socked the region with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.
The region was left to deal with the fallout of gusting winds that created [...]

Chile
Background:
Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while the indigenous Mapuche inhabited central and southern Chile. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia [...]

[WARNING: this list contains images that may offend] This is a list of secret projects that have since been found to be true in light of released (either officially, or unofficially) documents. Some have long been the source of conspiracy theories while others have been accepted by the mainstream as real. In no particular order:
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Churchill [...]

Masonic conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories involving Freemasonry; hundreds of such conspiracy theories have been described since the late 1700s. Generally, these theories fall into three distinct categories: political (usually involving allegations of control of government, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom), religious (usually involving allegations of anti-Christian or Satanic beliefs or [...]

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself “conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an [...]