by John M. Jennings | Oct 31, 2017 | The IFOD
How many people are buried on the moon? One. On July 31, 1999 the NASA Lunar Prospector Probe was intentionally crashed into the moon’s south pole at the end of its mission with hopes of creating plumes of water ice. No ice plumes were created. Lunar Prospector...
by John M. Jennings | Oct 30, 2017 | The IFOD
The United States is home to about 325 million people which puts us as the third most populous country in the world behind China and India (1.37 and 1.3 billion people, respectively). The world population is 7.6 Billion. Thus, the U.S. has about 4.3% of the world...
by John M. Jennings | Oct 26, 2017 | The IFOD
On August 18th, 1913 something unusual occurred at a roulette table at the Monte Carlo Casino. At a particular table the ball had fallen on black many times in a row. After each successive black result gamblers placed more and more money on red thinking that after so...
by John M. Jennings | Oct 25, 2017 | The IFOD
Today is known as St. Crispin’s Day. Huh? What is that? October 25th is the annual date of the feast celebrating Christian saints – Crispin and Crispian, twins who were martyred in 286 AD. This day is also known for notable battles that occurred: the battle of...
by John M. Jennings | Oct 24, 2017 | The IFOD
Jennifer Chatman, a professor of organizational management at the University of California, Berkeley, conducted experiments in which she tried to find a point at which flattery became ineffective. It turned out there wasn’t one. Dr. Chatman found that, in general,...
