The town of Larkhall, Scotland, hates the color green so much that their Subway is painted black instead. 00
Before she was famous, Nicki Minaj was fired…
Before she was famous, Nicki Minaj was fired from approximately fifteen jobs for discourtesy to customers. 00
Marie Antoinette’s last words were, “Pardon me, sir…
Marie Antoinette’s last words were, “Pardon me, sir. I meant not to do it”. It was an apology to the executioner for accidentally stepping on his foot on her way to the guillotine. 00
A New Orleans restaurant has been owned by the same…
A New Orleans restaurant has been owned by the same family since 1840. Antoine’s, famous for Oyster Rockefeller and Baked Alaska, has had five generations of the family run it, and a sixth is preparing to take over. It is the US’s oldest continuously family-run restaurant. 10
In 1954 Soviet prisoners overthrew their guards and…
In 1954 Soviet prisoners overthrew their guards and, for 40 days, established a gulag republic with a democratically elected provisional government, marriages between male and female prisoners, indigenous religious ceremonies and a general flowering of art and culture. 10
A lot of famous directors begin their careers by making…
A lot of famous directors begin their careers by making weird, experimental films. For instance, there’s the case of Martin Scorsese and his odd, six-minute film The Big Shave that he made in 1967. It had an alternative title, Viet ’67, because it was apparently a metaphor for the war in Vietnam, even though the […]
Pope Fabian who served as Pope from 236-250 he was…
Pope Fabian who served as Pope from 236-250 he was not under any serious consideration during the election until a dove landed on his head which signaled to everyone present that the Holy Spirit had marked him as the next Pope. 00
In 1988, a man named Robert W. Faid published a book mathematically…
In 1988, a man named Robert W. Faid published a book mathematically “proving” that the Antichrist was Mikhail Gorbachev, with odds of exactly 710,609,175,188,282,000 to 1. He later won an Ig Nobel prize for it. 00
Eight-year-old Gabi Mann of Seattle, Washington…
Eight-year-old Gabi Mann of Seattle, Washington receives gifts from crows in her garden. She feeds the crows regularly and little “treasures” are given in return including a miniature silver ball, a black button, a blue paper clip, a yellow bead, a blue Lego piece, and a pearl colored heart. 00
CNN once had two reporters talk to each other…
CNN once had two reporters talk to each other via satellite while they were standing in the same parking lot. 00