In 1954 a fifteen year old told his parents he was going to school, but then rode his bike 700 miles in a week from D.C. to Atlanta because he was “homesick for Dixie and his grandmother’s fried chicken”.
Ren Xiaofeng, a manager of The Agricultural Bank of China, stole $26,000…
Ren Xiaofeng, a manager of The Agricultural Bank of China, stole $26,000 from the bank with the intention of buying lottery tickets, winning, and repaying the initial theft. Against the odds, it worked so he tried again with $6.7 million. He lost all but $95,000 and was sentenced to death.
Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski saved 8,000 Jews during the Holocaust…
Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski saved 8,000 Jews during the Holocaust by injecting dead typhus cells into them, allowing them to test positive for typhus despite being healthy. Germans were afraid of the highly contagious disease and refused to deport them to concentration camps.
The entire country of Liechtenstein can be rented…
The entire country of Liechtenstein can be rented for $70,000 a day.
A man spent $600 A DAY on the Florida Lotto, racking up…
A man spent $600 A DAY on the Florida Lotto, racking up $600,000 debt before hitting the jackpot.
Mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement…
Mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen.” Inspired by Helen of Troy, a millihelen is defined as “the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.”
Steve Jobs “eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs” at Apple when…
Steve Jobs “eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs” at Apple when he became CEO and declined to join Bill Gates’ “Giving Pledge”.
A secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car…
A secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn’t start – Jobs came back the same afternoon and threw her a set of keys for a brand new Jaguar saying: “Here, don’t be late anymore.”
A lot of that weird creepy music in horror movies is performed…
A lot of that weird creepy music in horror movies is performed on one unique instrument called a waterphone.
France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because…
France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because of its “intrusion on people’s innermost beliefs”.