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Posted on December 17, 2014

Iran tried to get into the Guinness book of world records by making the worlds…

Iran tried to get into the Guinness book of world records by making the worlds largest sandwich. But people started eating it before it could be officially measured so they failed.

Posted on December 16, 2014

Back in the 1950s it was popular to sit in mildly…

Back in the 1950s it was popular to sit in mildly radioactive dirt as a panacea for many diseases. The house in Rotan, TX, was one such establishment.

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– via weirduniverse.net

Posted on December 16, 2014

26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men….

26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men’s hockey during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That’s 80% of the entire country’s population. There was one flight that got delayed cause the passengers didn’t want to board the plane cause the game was still ongoing.

Posted on December 16, 2014

Balloonfest ’86 was a publicity stunt where the United Way of Cleveland released….

Balloonfest’86 was a publicity stunt in which the United Way of Cleveland released 1.4 million balloons over the city. The balloons tied up highway and air traffic, caused lawsuits seeking millions in damages, and interfered with a Coast Guard search for two boaters who were later found drowned.

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Posted on December 15, 2014

Magazines in waiting rooms are old because new ones…

Magazines in waiting rooms are old because new ones disappear, not lack of supply.

Posted on December 15, 2014

Two baby girls have defied the odds with a very unusual birth date…

Two baby girls have defied the odds with a very unusual birth date. At 10:11 a.m. on Saturday, Hazel Grace was born at a hospital in Cleveland and Quincy Kessler was born at a hospital in Billings, Montana, making their birth date and time 10:11 12/13/14.

Posted on December 15, 2014

The Hippocratic Oath calls for doctors to teach the offspring of their…

The Hippocratic Oath calls for doctors to teach the offspring of their teachers the art of medicine, free of charge.

Posted on December 15, 2014

On January 3, 2005 FOX made a reality show named “Who’s Your Daddy…

On January 3, 2005 FOX made a reality show named “Who’s Your Daddy?”. It starts with an orphan that is introduced to eight men and tries to figure out which one really is her father. If she’s right, she wins the cash prize. If she’s wrong, the “dad” who’s conned her takes the money.

Posted on December 15, 2014

Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical…

Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical but J.K. Rowling said “no”.

Posted on December 15, 2014

A valley settlement in Norway that lives in shadow for nearly half…

shadow-city-solar-panels-croppedA valley settlement in Norway that lives in shadow for nearly half of every year has installed giant mirrors on an adjacent mountain to redirect sunlight into the town’s square, all based on a plan that was thought up 100 years ago.

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