When Luxembourg was liberated from Nazism in 1944, the returning government was so impressed with some regulations and laws concerning tax and employment the Nazis had made, that it decided to simply keep them. 00
After a waitress at a pizzeria helped a customer choose…
After a waitress at a pizzeria helped a customer choose the numbers for a winning lottery ticket in 1984, he ‘tipped’ her $3,000,000 – half of his $6,000,000 prize money. 00
A teenager fooled an entire school, multiple police officers…
A teenager fooled an entire school, multiple police officers, and a car dealership that he was the youngest State Representative ever. He was escorted to the school, given a tour, and spoke to the high school students about being involved in politics. 00
The average life expectancy of a flamethrower…
The average life expectancy of a flamethrower operator in combat during WWII was less than 10 minutes. 00
30,000 American draft dodgers went to Canada…
30,000 American draft dodgers went to Canada during the Vietnam War, while 30,000 Canadians joined the US military to fight in the Vietnam War. 00
In 2006, skydiver Michael Holmes jumped…
In 2006, skydiver Michael Holmes jumped out of a plane at 15,000 ft. Wearing a helmet camera, his first chute failed, then his reserve, then he waived good-bye before landing in a blackberry bush and surviving. It was one highest falls on record. 00
Volkswagen sells sausages and ketchup. It is also…
Volkswagen sells sausages and ketchup. It is also their best selling product, selling millions more than their cars. 10
The Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given…
The Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given it’s own internet domain name, .su, which it received only 15 months before dissolving. 10
Joseph Beuys: “I Like America and America Likes Me”
In 1974, German artist Joseph Beuys arrived in America for the first time. Upon landing at the airport, he was transported by ambulance directly to the Rene Block Gallery in New York City. He emerged from the ambulance wrapped in a grey felt blanket and was then placed in a room with a wild coyote […]
Two women tried to smuggle their dead relative…
Two women tried to smuggle their dead relative’s body onto a flight by putting him in a wheelchair and putting sunglasses on him. It was only when airport staff tried to check him in and he wouldn’t respond that suspicions were raised. 10