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There are more than 38,000 McDonald’s restaurants spread over 100 countries, but not a single one in Iceland. That’s because, after the financial crash of 2008, the last McDonalds in Iceland closed its doors. The day before the McDonalds was set to close, a person named Hjortur S. purchased a Big Mac meal at the …
One of the most famous firearm designers you’ve likely never heard of is a man named Andrew Burgess. Burgess was born in New York in 1837 and went on to create over 600 patents. In the 1870s, he developed a patent to convert Peabody and Werndl rifles into repeating firearms. By 1893, Burgess founded his …
There are thousands of caves in Afghanistan’s rugged mountains. This includes natural caverns and man-made tunnels. Many of these tunnels date back to the war with the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The same tunnels were used to hide and move around during the U.S. war in Afghanistan. During the U.S. war in Afghanistan, British …
For those of us prepared for emergencies and disasters, there is a good chance that we have family members that aren’t prepared at all. They seem to either believe that “everything will work out,” or “the government will take care of me.” This is wrong-headed thinking in so many ways that I can’t address them …
Zeke and Jessica T. live in Spring, Texas… One day, the couple was at church with their children when they were alerted by their security cameras that someone was at their front door. There was a woman at their door wearing a sweatshirt that hid her face. She stood at their door for about 30 …
Channelview, Texas is a city about 20 minutes east of Houston with a population of about 45,000 people. One evening, around 11pm, a family was at their Channelview home when three armed intruders forced their way into the house. When the masked men entered the home there were three teenagers and an adult female at …
Josh S. is a resident of Manhattan, NY, who went over a year without using a refrigerator. Josh said his refrigerator was using the most electricity of all the appliances in his apartment, so to cut back on electricity, he stopped using the refrigerator. Josh said it was, “a mindset shift followed by continual improvement.” …
As the economy continues to struggle, and politics brings violence and division, more people are looking for affordable places to relocate to. And with more people working from home, it’s easier to pick up and move, and still keep their job. If you want to escape the violence of the big city or want to …
Shawn Y. is a computer hacker… but he is one of the good guys. Each year his company tests hundreds of other businesses to see if their internet security is up to par. Last year, Shawn was conducting a penetration test on a private equity company. The task was to go to the company’s office …
Steve M. is a YouTube user that shares reviews of military food. But he doesn’t just explain the military rations. Instead, Steve collects historic military rations, eats them, and reviews them in YouTube videos. He has gathered quite a following thanks to the shock of what he’s eating. In one video, Steve ate some old …