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.
There is a prevalent african myth that sex with a virgin will cure HIV/AIDS. Because of this, one million women and children are raped each year.
Eminem watched his daughter, Hailie, get crowned homecoming queen from an empty classroom in the school because he didn't want to take the attention away from her.
The last time the US Government passed a budget on time was in 1996 (for FY 1997)
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series were not written by a single author, rather by a collection of ghost writers which which all wrote under a collective pseudonym.
The F-82 "Twin Mustang" fighter plane, designed to escort bombers thousands of miles to Tokyo, was literally two P-51 Mustangs joined at the wing. Both cockpits were fully functional, so one pilot could sleep while the other flew the plane on missions that could last up to 12 hours.
The US hasn't used up the Purple Hearts minted in anticipation of a bloody landing of Japan in WWII
There´s a hugely popular reality show in China that interviews death row prisoners moments before their execution
The Italian Supreme Court ruled it's OK to watch porn during your lunch break, after FIAT fired a guy for watching porn at lunch. He claimed it was only a glimpse, and there was no evidence that this was a habit that’s affecting his work, so the court ruled he had done nothing wrong
A remote African Tribe donated cattle to the US after learning about 9/11
A German officer in WWII ordered his soldiers to hold fire to allow the rescue of an American soldier who stepped on a landmine. When no one came the officer went to rescue the soldier but stepped on a landmine himself.
The state of Florida does not allow married couples to divorce while one of the partners is pregnant.
Tennis balls were traditionally black or white. They were changed to yellow in 1972 after research showed they were more visible on television.
Space Adaptation Syndrome, involving nausea and vomiting, vertigo, headaches, lethargy, and overall malaise. 45-75% of all astronauts experience it. It has always resolved within 72 hours.
Nike founded and oversees an ultra-elite running group, with state of the art equipment such as underwater treadmills, and whose athletes live in a specially designed house where filters remove oxygen so the athletes develop more red blood cells in a simulated high-altitude environment.
African Dodger" was an American carnival game where people paid to throw a baseball at an African American's head