Steve Silverman, a high-school science teacher in Albany, New York has an interesting hobby. While not teaching Physics, Earth Science or Computer Science, Steve collects and documents strange and ‘useless’ information, posting them online or compiling books on the subjects of strange and interesting. There are quite a few interesting and just plain odd stories up here, for instance, I never knew PEZ was invented in Vienna, Austria (go Wien!) nor did I ever hear of the board of education member who wired a grade school with 500 pounds of explosives, killing many of the teachers and students, all because he was upset over this taxes being raised for said school’s construction. There’s also the story of Hiroo Onada, the Japanese soldier in the jungles of the Philippines who didn’t believe that Japan had surrended during WWII. Him and 3 other members of his platoon carried out gorilla attacks on the residents of the small island of Lubang for almost 30 years before being convinced that Japan had indeed surrended. Yikes. Anyways, I love useless information like this and it’s great to see these stories being passed down throughout the generations. Good job Steve.

[The collection of Useless information]