There is 2.5 million of Zero Rupee bank notes in India. They are “paid” in protest by angry citizens to government functionaries who solicit bribes.
In 2015, residents of a Serbian city erected a statue…
In 2015, residents of a Serbian city erected a statue to honor a small dachshund named Leo, who saved a 10-year-old child from a vicious dog attack. According to the Associated Press, the child was walking home from a friend’s house when a raging bull-mastiff cross-breed grabbed her and pinned her to the ground. Normally […]
Due to religious reasons, Manhattan is encircled…
Due to religious reasons, Manhattan is encircled by a constantly maintained, continuous string of clear wire.
Chicago is America’s top city… in the prevalence…
Chicago is America’s top city… in the prevalence of bedbugs, for the fourth year in a row.
Over 60 percent of Chinese consumers also say that they are willing…
Over 60 percent of Chinese consumers also say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled “Made in USA” than for those labeled “Made in China”.
A Canadian-based company, as a joke, started selling canned fresh…
A Canadian-based company, as a joke, started selling canned fresh air, but the product became lucrative when marketed in China. They package compressed air from the Rocky Mountains into aluminum cans that sell for $10-$20 each.
According to legend, everyone in America used to think…
According to legend, everyone in America used to think tomatoes were poisonous, due to them being a member of the nightshade family. In 1820, New Jersey resident Robert Gibbon Johnson ate tomatoes in front of a large crowd to prove they were edible.
In the 1910s/20s a wolf spent 9 years massacring livestock…
In the 1910s/20s a wolf spent 9 years massacring livestock in the town of Custer, South Dakota. He evaded hunters, traps, and poison. He kept two coyotes as lookouts. And when he was finally killed the government issued a press release.
New York has an official militia called the New York Guard…
New York has an official militia called the New York Guard. Anyone 18-62 can join and basic training lasts 1 week. If you’re in it, you don’t have to pay tolls in New York.
There have been five attempts to ban coffee throughout…
There have been five attempts to ban coffee throughout history. The last attempt being in 1777 by Frederick the Great of Prussia who issued a manifesto declaring beer’s superiority over coffee. He believed that coffee interfered with the country’s beer consumption.