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.
When "Breaking Bad" was proposed to TV networks, 2 TNT executives loved the story pitch about a middle-aged teacher diagnosed with cancer and turning to a life of crime, but feared getting fired from their jobs over the meth storyline and wanted to change Walter White into a counterfeiter.
After winning a romp with two hookers in the "Get Your Grandpa Laid" contest on the Howard Stern show, winner Johnny Oris died choking on a steak as he hurried his dinner on his way to have threesome
Phil Collins donated the world's largest private collection of Alamo artifacts to the state of Texas. It included a fringed leather pouch and a gun used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife.
A Biotech firm that can create fake rhino horns indistinguishable from real ones, and plans to flood the market with them so as to crash the price of Rhino horns and disincentive poaching.
Ernst Leitz, the founder of Leica camera, smuggled Jews out of Germany by giving them jobs overseas and he gave each one a camera as a symbol of freedom
George Washington was not in favor of political parties claiming in his farewell address that it would lead to "inter-political conflict, divide the nation, and give rise to cases of tyranny."
A local fisherman in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had being shot in the head, and released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered "Pocho" had followed him home and was sleeping on the mans porch. For 20 years Pocho became part of the mans family
Only some people can physical chills from listening to music, and those people generally have the personality trait of being 'open to experience'
The total value of unused store gift cards in the USA is over $44billion.
When the USS West Virgina was finally raised after being sunk during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, deceased men were found in an airtight storeroom. On the calendar, 16 days were crossed off in red pencil.
The Stethoscope was invented because French physician Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec felt uncomfortable placing his face on a woman's breasts to listen to her heartbeat
William James Sidis, a child prodigy who able to read the New York Times by the age of two, got into Harvard aged 12, and had an IQ of 250-300. He lived his adult live in relative seclusion and died (a virgin) of a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 46.
Anna Politkovskaya, author of the anti-Putin book "Putin's Russia", was assassinated on October 7th (Putin's birthday)
They make mouthguards for athletes that change color at higher temperatures. This is so a coach can easily spot who might be at risk for heat stroke
In 2002, Pepsi ran a contest to win a car by giving keys to those who purchased the drink. Pepsi then sued the man who finally opened it as there was no right key, making it impossible to win.