Weird but interesting facts of life
Some are funny facts and some will make you say WTF. But being inconvenient and not useless, all those facts will enrich your knowledge base and help you pass through.
Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.
Michael Jackson admired Eminem as an artist but was disappointed when the rapper made fun of him in "Just Lose It" and said that "I've never attacked a fellow artist. Great artists don't do that".
Despite Napoleon divorcing her so he could have an heir, his first wife Josephine is the ancestor of 5 of the current royal houses of Europe. Napoleon is the ancestor of none.
In World War II, British soldiers were given a ration of only 3 sheets of toilet paper per day. American soldiers received 22.
In 1780, a slave named Elizabeth Freeman essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts by suing for her freedom on the basis that the new state constitution declared that all men are born free and equal.
Mel Brooks was a combat engineer at the Battle of the Bulge. When the Nazis played their propaganda over loudspeakers, he responded by setting up his own sound system and playing music by Jewish singer Al Jolson
A Japanese criminal mastermind dubbed "The Monster with 21 Faces". He was responsible for extorting and poisoning products at confectionary companies across Tokyo. His activity ceased after the ritual suicide of a police chief, who failed to stop him. He has never been caught.
The last words on the moon were "..we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return: with peace and hope for all mankind."
Aluminum can be recycled over and over again without any loss to quality, and a recycled beer can could be back on the shelf in 60 days.
Britain's oldest Turkey is named "Dinner" despite dodging the Christmas roast for 16 years
Steven Seagal once claimed he could get out of any chokehold. Answering the challenge in 1991, Judo practitioner Gene LeBell choked Seagal out, causing him to shit his pants.
In 1995, the Chinese government kidnapped a 6-year old Tibetan boy called the Panchen Lama and replaced him with a Han Chinese "fake Panchen". The Panchen Lama is in charge of choosing the next Dalai Lama, and the real Panchen Lama has never been heard from since.
A clinical trial in 2016 held at Stanford University School of Medicine found that injecting modified human stem cells directly into the brains of chronic stroke patients can re-enable patients to walk.
A man died after he accidentally injected himself with cow antibiotics. Poison Control: "there is no antidote".
In 2011, an Australian beer company gave people the option to pay whatever they wanted for a glass of beer from a certain keg. The kegs - called ‘The Karma Keg’ ended up raising at least 35% more than an average keg would make.