A woman in Nebraska tried to sue all gay people. Her appeal had no legal references, but quoted Webster’s Dictionary and the Bible.
There is an RC car that returns Javelins to the Olympic
There is an RC car that returns Javelins to the Olympic athletes. Here’s the video from London 2012.
Up until the 70s and 80s every competitor in the Olympics
Up until the 70s and 80s every competitor in the Olympics had to be an amateur, meaning they could not receive payment. Today, the only Olympic sports with no professional athletes are boxing and wrestling.
Towers in New York can fake and exaggerate how many…
Towers in New York can fake and exaggerate how many floors they have, using tricks like different sets of elevators to hide the missing floors.
An inmate filed a US$5 million lawsuit against himself. He claimed…
An inmate filed a US$5 million lawsuit against himself. He claimed that he violated his own civil rights by getting arrested. He then asked the state to pay because he has no income in jail.
Famous playwright Henrik Ibsen, after overhearing his nurse…
Famous playwright Henrik Ibsen, after overhearing his nurse assure a visitor he was doing better, spluttered his last words, “On the contrary!”
In Japan, fake food (called sampuru from the…
In Japan, fake food (called sampuru from the English “sample”) is a multi-billion yen industry. The replicas, which are made of plastic and typically cost 10 or 20 times the amount of the food they imitate, are mostly handmade by trained artists in an almost century-old tradition.
The last surviving eyewitness of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination…
The last surviving eyewitness of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was a man named Samuel J. Seymour who lived until April 12, 1956 at the age of 96. In February 1956, Seymour appeared on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret, where he described the assassination in detail.
There was a 1700s politician named John Strange…
There was a 1700s politician named John Strange, and his epitaph reads, “Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange.”
Between 1896 and the 1940s, thousands of people paid…
Between 1896 and the 1940s, thousands of people paid to see premature babies being incubated at circus sideshows. Since most hospitals didn’t have the funding available to provide incubators, it was the best chance to safe the infant’s lives.