The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey raised the tolls on bridges and tunnels by 56% to help pay for the construction of the One World Trade Center, then decided against using any of the proceeds for that purpose.
The $100 million in famine relief raised…
The $100 million in famine relief raised by Live Aid in 1985, was used to buy weapons and crush the opposition in Ethiopia’s civil war.
Members of the band “Good Charlotte” protested…
Members of the band “Good Charlotte” protested against KFC’s treatment of chickens. Then in 2012 and 2013 appeared in a number of KFC commercials in Australia and even tried to set a world record for eating KFC on “Australia’s Got Talent.”
A fig tree tricks a certain species of wasp to…
A fig tree tricks a certain species of wasp to pollinate it, sends it down a small passage in the fruit where its wings are ripped off, after which it is digested by enzymes. Figs eat wasps.
The Free Speech Flag embeds the secret…
The Free Speech Flag embeds the secret HD DVD key into the colors of the flag itself, using the flag hex code format colors.
A “creepy puzzle” mailed to a Swedish tech blogger was found…
A “creepy puzzle” mailed to a Swedish tech blogger was found to contain coded messages implying a threat against the President of the United States.
Primitive Baptist Universalists, a branch of Baptists…
Primitive Baptist Universalists, a branch of Baptists found in Appalachia, are known as “No Hellers” due “to their belief that Hell is actually experienced in this lifetime”.
The US Navy diving manual has detailed…
The US Navy diving manual has detailed instructions for escaping a giant clam.
A type of food fraud where honey is cut with cheaper sugars…
A type of food fraud where honey is cut with cheaper sugars and syrups and then sold as pure honey is called “Honey Laundering”.
There are 1,311 people who live in Verkhoyansk, Russia…
There are 1,311 people who live in Verkhoyansk, Russia, a town with an average temperature of -45C (-50F) in January. In 2012, the town was attacked by a pack of 400 wolves.