The NORAD Santa Tracker tradition started in 1955 when Sears published an ad inviting kids to call Santa with a phone number that was misprinted and actually routed to the US military. Instead of dismissing the childrens’ calls, Colonel Harry Shoup answered and told the kids they were tracking Sant
This is a photo of the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, 1989. This ungoverned metropolis was only 6.4 acres in size but home to 50,000 residents, and featured alleyways between buildings just 3 to 7 feet wide.
