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We Live In An Amazing World...
The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.
St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.
The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.
St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.
Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.
Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets.
A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.
Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.
Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish.
The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.
China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.
The Amayra guides of Bolivia are said to be able to keep pace with a trotting horse for a distance of 100 kilometres.
Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912.
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O.k. just to keep the theme going, its not so much a weird world, rather the people in it...
Police in Germany are looking for an prisoner who mailed himself out of jail. Hans Lang appears to have hidden himself inside a large Federal Express package of dirty sheets that was later picked up for delivery. Once clear of the prison grounds, Lang exited the box, picked the lock on the door of the delivery truck, and disappeared into some woods near Dusseldorf. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
Pennsylvania firefighters in biohazard suits had to saw Shannon Hunter out of a porta-potty. He was wedged in so tight, rescuers had to saw the toilet away from him. When asked why he was naked, Miller just shrugged his shoulders. - UPI, 6/10/08
Research shows that if you don't eat before and during an overnight flight, it suspends your body's sense of time - thus avoiding jet lag. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
Mice may be responsible for a blaze that killed nearly 100 cats at an animal shelter near Toronto, Canada. The fire marshal says mice or rats chewing through electrical wires in the ceiling are likely to have sparked the blaze. - BBC News, 12/19/08
Magnets have been shown to reduce swelling and increase blood flow, allowing for faster healing. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
An Austin, Texas man paid $1,350 for a cornflake in the shape of Illinois. - Parade Magazine, 12/28/08
The odds are 6 out of 10 (59%) that you want to throw every person in Congress out and start all over. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
General Motors lost $181,000 each minute of the second quarter 2008. - Newsweek, 12/29/08
The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars since 1992 to buy a fleet of 112,000 alternative fuel vehicles. Unfortunately there are so few suppliers of ethanol and natural gas, so these vehicles are powered by gasoline 92% of the time. - The Week Magazine, 12/5/08
Two men entered a man's home - one holding a gun while the other brandished a knife to the resident's neck. The assailants demanded the victim's eggbeater. - Yahoo! News, 12/16/08
The odds are 1 out of 7 (14%) that you have replaced your land-line phone with your cell phone. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
City crews in Ankeny, Iowa are using garlic salt to melt snow and ice from city streets. - Chicago Tribune, 12/17/08
Out of the 11,585 stock mutual funds tracked by Morningstar, Inc., 11,584 have lost money in 2008. The sole exception, APX Midcap Growth Fund, posted a market-beating return of 0%. - The Week Magazine, 12/5/08
Walmart has more than 2,100,000 employees - about the same as the entire population of the country Latvia. - Fast Company, 12/08
31-year-old Tom Sietas holds the world record for holding his breath underwater - an amazing 10 minutes 12 seconds. - The Week Magazine, 12/12/08
25% of employees who use the Internet visit porn sites during the workday. - Time Magazine, 12/8/08
Gas stations are actually making more profit now that gas prices are much lower. - The Week Magazine, 12/12/08
The obesity rate in the United States has doubled between 1976 and 1999. California is the only state not getting any fatter. - Discover Magazine, 1/09
British cemeteries are exhuming bodies in order to rebury them deeper, leaving room for more bodies on top. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
An Iowa man is suing Martha Stewart and KMart for an injury caused by a deck chair. Patrick Albanese claims he is no longer able to perform magic and play the banjo, due to his severed fingertip. - Des Moines Register, 11/18/08
A seller on eBay was asking $500 for his 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest - it had no motor nor transmission. Auto enthusiasts recognized it as one of six Tempest Super Duty cars ever built. The car sold for $226,521. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
About 200 thefts of nuclear material are reported each year. Most of this material is never recovered. - USA Today, 12/25/06
Barack Obama is the first president that has Internet access in the Oval Office. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
The number of adults in the United States who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for the first time on record, but cigarettes still kill almost half a million people per year. - Reuters, 11/13/08
Because of taxes, the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in New York City is $8.66. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
A drunken Jersey City councilman Steven Lipski was arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington night club. - New York Daily News, 11/9/08
"Leave It to Beaver" actor Tony Dow has one of his sculptures displayed at the Louvre in Paris. - Los Angeles Times, 11/15/08
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