30 British officers tried to escape POW camp “Castle Colditz” (Oflag IV-C) by digging a tunnel. Because they read the compass wrong, they landed in the wine cellar of a German colonel. There they drank 137 bottles of wine, filled them with their urine and placed them back.
Aravindan Thirunavukarasu wrote letters on a wall by…
Aravindan Thirunavukarasu wrote letters on a wall by peeing on the wall. Then he developed a font based on his pee letters. And he urges everyone to download his pee font from his website, The Art of Peeing.
When Queen Elizabeth visited the Game Of Thrones…
When Queen Elizabeth visited the Game Of Thrones set she refused to sit on the Iron Throne.
432 people own half the land…
432 people own half the land in Scotland. However, Scotland has some of the best outdoor access laws in the world and pretty much all of the privately owned land is free to walk, cycle or camp on as long as the outdoor access code is followed (namely leaving no trace).
Angelina Jolie purchased 60,000 hectares of Cambodian…
Angelina Jolie purchased 60,000 hectares of Cambodian land that was infiltrated by poachers and turned it into a wildlife reserve. Some of the former poachers were employed as rangers.
Google founded Calico, an anti-ageing company…
Google founded Calico, an anti-ageing company designed to ultimately cure death.
The EPA and former employees sued Area 51…
The EPA and former employees sued Area 51 for failure to comply with hazardous waste disposal laws. The case was thrown out on national security grounds.
A strawberry is not a berry yet a…
A strawberry is not a berry yet a banana is. The strawberry is classified as an accessory fruit.
In 1990 British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster was sucked…
In 1990 British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster was sucked out of a window when it broke off and was pinned to the aircraft for 20 minutes while crew clung to his legs before landing. He suffered only minor injuries and was flying within 5 months.
From the flight deck, the flight and cabin crew were able to view his head and torso through the left direct vision window. Lancaster’s face was continuously hitting the direct vision window; when cabin crew saw this and noticed that Lancaster’s eyes were opened but not blinking despite the force against the window, they assumed that Lancaster was dead. Atchison ordered the cabin crew to not release Lancaster’s body despite the assumption of his death because he knew that releasing the body might cause it to fly into the left engine and cause an engine fire or failure which would cause further problems.
There is a bridge in Scotland where dogs are known…
There is a bridge in Scotland where dogs are known to commit suicide. In the past fifty years, over fifty dogs have visited the bridge and leapt to their death. It remains a mystery today.