These Stranded Teens Lived A Real Life 'Lord of the Flies'

Summer Chores

The boys agreed to keep some civility about them by designating chores for each of them to complete. They established a guard and someone on kitchen duty. Each boy worked in teams of two so as to avoid betrayal. They struggled with food, water, and shelter, but somehow they managed. It seemed to them they were the only people on the island... 

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The More You Know

  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
  • In 1966 and 1967, soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told the chemical was completely safe and sprayed it on each other to cool off.
  • Garfield used to own G-Mail.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
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