Steven Russell prison escape stories

January 23, 2015 araho WOW Stories con artist, Steven Russell

Steven Jay Russell is a U.S. con artist known for escaping from prison multiple times. A film about his life and crimes was produced in 2009, named I Love You Phillip Morris. In 2011, his crimes were featured on the TV show I Almost Got Away with It in the episode “Got a Boyfriend to Support.” […]

A pig in Australia stole 18 beers from a campsite, got drunk, and then tried to fight a cow

October 3, 2014 araho WOW Stories Australia, beers, campsite, Pig

In Western Australia at a Camp-group, it is common thing for pigs to still your food, but this time a pig stole 18 beers drunk them all and then started a fight with a cow, which ended up chasing it around a car “In the middle of the night these people camping opposite us heard […]

Bill Gates created Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with assets reportedly valued at more than US$34.6 billion

August 29, 2014 araho Did you know that, WOW Stories Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Foundation

Bill Gates created in 1994 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with assets reportedly valued at more than US$34.6 billion Bill Gates in 1994 sold some of his Microsoft stock to create the “William H. Gates Foundation.” In 2000, Gates and his wife combined three family foundations to create the charitable “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” […]

100,000 people are fed everyday for free in Golden Temple

April 13, 2013September 3, 2014 alearned Did you know that, WOW Stories Golden Temple, India, Punjab

Did you know that 100,000 people are fed everyday for free in one day in community kitchen in Holiest Shrine of Sikhs – Golden Temple, Punjab, India The Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), located in the city of Amritsar, India is a Sikh gurdwara (place of worship). It is the most well-known gurdwara and is considered […]

Anthony Graves spent 18 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit

April 13, 2013September 3, 2014 alearned Did you know that, WOW Stories Anthony Graves, murder

did you know that Anthony Graves spent 18 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Upon his exoneration the Texas DOJ tried to withhold $1.4M in restitution because court documents were missing two words – “actual innocence”. Two words kept Graves from more than $1 million. He could not claim the money […]

Zimbabwe has a 94% unemployment rate

April 13, 2013September 1, 2014 Anya Did you know that, WOW Stories unemployment, unemployment rate, Zimbabwe

Did you know that Zimbabwe has a 94% unemployment rate “HARARE (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate has spiked to 94 percent, meaning that fewer than half a million people in the country are formally employed, the UN’s humanitarian arm said Thursday. “”At close of 2008, only six percent of the population was formally employed, down from […]

A woman who builds homes for poor

April 12, 2013September 7, 2014 Anya Videos, WOW Stories homes, homes for poor, poor

Did you know that one woman is on a mission to build homes for the poor from the only resource she can find in abundance. “Ingrid Vaca Diez is on a mission to build better homes for the poor. With few funds and little support, she uses the only resource she can find in abundance […]

The US coal industry has flattened over 500 mountains…

April 11, 2013September 1, 2014 Anya Did you know that, WOW Stories US coal

Did you know that the US coal industry has flattened over 500 mountains in the Appalachians during the past 2 decades. Despite living among the richest coal reserves and one of the most ecologically biodiverse regions in the world, the people in Central Appalachia, including those near my home in the southern West Virginia coalfields, are […]