In 2010 Microsoft banned a user from Xbox Live for putting Fort Gay (A real location in West Virginia) as his address. Microsoft refused to believe that Fort Gay actually existed, and eventually took an appeal from the towns Mayor David Thompson for the issue to be corrected.
More Nazis were killed by the Russians in the Battle of Stalingrad…
More Nazis were killed by the Russians in the Battle of Stalingrad alone than were killed during the entire WWII by America.
During WWII a fully grown Reindeer lived on a British submarine…
During WWII a fully grown Reindeer lived on a British submarine, ate a navigation chart and got so fat that it couldn’t get back out.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon is a recovering…
Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon is a recovering alcoholic, was penniless, and has been married multiple times.
Marian Morgan believed that dance could be used to enhance the instruction…
Marian Morgan believed that dance could be used to enhance the instruction of just about any subject. And back in 1916, she toured the country with her six dancers, demonstrating how dance-enhanced education would work. The basic theory was that students would pay more attention if young female dancers performed at the front of the classroom as the lecturer talked.
In Nigeria there are scam artists who sell you houses by pretending…
In Nigeria there are scam artists who sell you houses by pretending to be the owners and get paid a considerable deposit by deceiving buyers. As a result, “This house is not for sale” is painted on many homes in Nigeria
There is a tribe where a man’s wife can’t speak…
There is a tribe where a man’s wife can’t speak the same language as him.
A student was arrested for stripping down to his underwear in Richmond International…
A student was arrested for stripping down to his underwear in Richmond International Airport revealing the Fourth Amendment written on his chest. Charges against him have been dropped and law enforcement officers are now required to take a two-hour class on the First and Fourth amendments.
Philip Seymour Hoffman had been sober for 23 years until he accepted…
Philip Seymour Hoffman had been sober for 23 years until he accepted an alcoholic beverage to celebrate the completion of The Master. This resulted in relapse, after which he started to use prescription medication. the following year he was using heroin.
Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert, was once saved from being hit by…
Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert, was once saved from being hit by a train when a man grabbed him off the tracks. The man was Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth.