There's a town in Italy that doesn't get sunlight for 84 days a year. They've solved this problem with a giant mirror

Call it the reverse Montgomery Burns scheme. The little town of Viganella is located amidst the Italian side of the Alps. During the winter time, the shift in the sun's pattern makes it so that it never clears the 1600 feet tall mountain that's close to the town. This means that for 84 days, they do not get any sunlight. The townspeople end up suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, a type of mild depression.  To solve this, the...

In the Titanic, the band actually did stay and play music as the ship went down. They all died

  You might've thought that the band playing music while the ship was going down was fake. A creative liberty director James Cameron took to enhance the drama in the scenes when people are in chaos trying to leave the ship.  In reality the band, stayed on and played calm, airy music to keep the passenger calm while they were boarding the life boats. They were not obligated to do so, as they were not technically part of the ship's crew. None...

A man survived being trapped under snow for 2 months by hibernating!

(not the real pic) A Swedish 44-year old man had a traffic accident near a little town just south of the Arctic Circle. As a result, he was trapped in his snow-covered car for 2 months! He was found by chance thanks to a passerby who ran into his car. He was taken to a hospital. The doctors explained that the man was lucky that the car experienced what they called a "natural igloo" effect, which protected him a bit from the temperatures that...