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TRUE STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS

(151 entries)

1)
In Howe, Oklahoma, USA, a group of students tried suing their school after they allegedly endured slave-like conditions during a history lesson. These conditions were designed for the history lesson so that the students could empathise with the slaves of the 18th century.
The students claim that they were tied up with masking tape, beaten with paddles and had to shower in cubicles that were covered in human shit!

2)
In Shanghai, China, many restaurants have become very popular because of the unique dishes they are serving up. In a survey it was found that 11 out of 45 restaurants were adding opium to their hot pots and soups. Food chiefs say that demand has never been higher.

3)
In Madras, India, in 1996, Rajiv Kamir, a train announcer at a Madras station had a brainstorm when he began breaking wind to the tune of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony over the PA system. An official called his outburst "A disgusting deviation from the timetable!"

4)
In St. Joseph, Montana, USA, in 1994, Mr. Milton Ross was fired from his job when he was caught urinating into a coffee pot by a security camera. His colleagues had complained for awhile that their drinks tasted bitter.

5)
In Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA, six year old John Carpenter caused havoc when he escaped from his day care centre to go for a ride on an electric monster truck. Police were shocked when they heard reports that a small child was riding his little truck along other motor vehicles on a busy motorway.
Police revealed the little monster had walked in a circle for about a mile before eventually finding the monster truck outside a pawn shop. He amazingly hot wired the truck and rode off on it!
His parents have been inundated with calls from TV stations to appear on chat shows.

6)
Sony, the Japanese electronics company, had to recall their new 'Nightshot' camcorders when it was discovered that it gave customers X-Ray vision.
It was found that when the cameras were used, underwear and knickers could easily be seen under many layers of clothing.

7)
In Manchester, USA, Sandra McRae is suing a donut shop after she purchased a donut in the shape of a penis. Her lawyers claim that she had to undergo counselling and had suffered financial loss and damage, also suffering physiological and psychological damage.

8)
In Japan 300 children were hospitalised after they all watched the same television programme. The kiddies programme had a character that turned to the camera and violently flashed his eyes. The effects of this on the 300 children included itching eyes, nausea and loss of vision.

9)
In Yemen, Middle East, two men are claiming that they own the planet Mars which was given to them as an inheritance and handed down for many generations from their ancient ancestors. Mustapha Kalil and Adulla an Amri presented documents to the country's Prosecutor General and have said they do not want any more landings on the planet by NASA without their permission.

10)
In London, England, staff at the Natwest Bank abandoned their posts when a disgusting, stomach churning stench suddenly appeared, coming from the deposit vault. At first it was thought to be a sewage leak but further investigation found that flood water had managed to get into the vault soaking one of the deposit boxes which was found to contain the mumified remains of ancient pygmy. Experts said that the water had reversed the mummification process and made it purtrefy. The owner of the pygmy cannot be traced.

11)
In France, a teacher was suspended because of the way that he taught philosophy. The 51 year old teacher removed one item of his own clothing everytime a student answered a question wrong. At one point the teacher ended up totally naked. He was eventually suspended after a student complained although the rest of his students said that they were not offended at all. One female student said, "There was nothing sexual about it at all, he was showing that he was just like us!"

12)
In Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Abdool Akoo, a lawyer, was arrested for cheating his clients out of $125,000 and then jailed for five years. After a few weeks, however, he was released because he was too fat.
400 pound Akoo was let go because the medical treatment his obesity problem demanded was considered too expensive.

13)
In British Columbia, Canada, a man decided to start his own expedition and hunt down the mysterious creature Bigfoot deep in the British Columbian woodlands. While he was on this expedition, the satellite emergency beacon he was carrying was inadvertently set off after he tripped and fell over a rock, sending a signal to the rescue workers. He was later fined $25,000 for this mistake.

14)
In Minnesota, USA, scientists have discovered that if you chew sugar free gum all the time that you are awake this will increase your metabolic rate enough for you to lose up to 11 pounds of weight a year.

15)
In Morocco, Africa, to show that a bride is not subjugating herself when getting married, the bride sits on the back of a goat, boxes it's ears and strangles it slowly until it is unconscious. Immediately a relative disembowels the beast and the bride sticks her foot in the bloody stomach and then hits the groom with her bloodstained slipper. If the groom makes any noise or movement while this is happening then it is taken as a bad omen.

16)
In West Virginia, USA, teacher Dow Ooten was suspended from his job after he produced a pair of his own soiled trousers at a board meeting. He claimed that the situation had been caused by staff locking the toilet doors early. Another teacher was suspended in nearby North Carolina after urinating into a waste paper basket while she was taking a class. She alleged that a medical condition was to blame.

17)
In France, Joseph and Constance Ceschin, both aged 75, walked away with the first prize of the annual pig squealing championships for their impressions of pigs on heat. Their prize was a cooked pig!

18)
In England, a woman who bought a smurf doll for her child was shocked to find that it swore. When the smurf's hand was squeezed it said, "I'm hungry, I need a fuck!" While her close friends confirmed what the doll said the manufacturers said, "It isn't meant to offend. It simply says, "Pass me the fork!"

19)
In Beverly Hills, California, USA, the Bear Care Company sells 'Bear Bath' a shampoo for dirty teddy bears!

20)
In Austria, Erika Schinegger, winner of the 1966 world ski championships, confessed that in 1968 she had discovered that she was actually a man and subsequently fathered a child. She, or now he, returned the medal.

21)
In Haryana, India, prohibition of alcohol has led to drivers filling their windscreen wiper bottles with booze and running a pipe from under the bonnet into their mouths. Just by using the wipers they can get absolutely pissed.

22)
In Long Island, USA, scientists have agreed that it is possible to recreate the Big Bang, the event that led to the forming of the universe. They have also found that if the Big Bang is recreated it could backfire and destroy the entire universe.

23)
In Martinsburg, West virginia, USA, shop assistant Antonio Feliciano was fired from his job after he foiled an attempted armed robbery. While working at the local 7/11 store he was held up but managed to snatch the rifle from the robber. Although acting very brave and in the interest of the store he violated the store's rules that staff should always hand over the money in any hold up situation.

24)
In Israel, housewives who want to qualify for disability payments are being forced to prove that they cannot perform normal domestic tasks. A dummy house has been built so that government officials can evaluate whether or not the housewives are incapable of performing tasks such as breadslicing, floormopping and washing laundry. Only then can they claim the benefit money.

25)
In Cambodia, rumours spread that King Norodom Sihanouk had stated that he had dreamt that an evil god was snatching long haired virgins and taking them to hell. This instantly caused widespread panic in his country, making thousands of chaste women get haircuts to ward off the evil spirits. Police stated that the rumours were most likely spread by hairdressers.

26)
In St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA, a man walked into a photocopier centre, pulled down his trousers, jumped onto a photocopier and attempted to photocopy his own genitals. When the glass top broke he fled empty handed, causing $4,300 worth of damage.

27)
In Tokyo, Japan, a junior high school teacher has been suspended for three months when he ordered two of his students to commit Hari-Kiri, the Japanese suicide ritual, because they had brought an illicit amount of chocolate with them on a school camping trip. When the two student's refused to obey their teacher he then beat the pair instead because of their onsolence.

28)
Record breaker, Michel Lotito, from France, also known as Monsieur Mangetout, has eaten a variety of strange things. His diet has included supermarket trolleys, TV sets, aluminium skis, bicycles, plates, beds, razor blades, coffins and a Cessna 150 light aircraft.

29)
Adam Rainer, from Austria, is unique in being classed as both a giant and a dwarf. In 1920, when he was 21 years old, he was only 3 feet 10 inches tall but he suddenly started growing and shot up to a height of 7 feet 1 inch.
He died in 1950 at the age of 51 eventually reaching a height of 7 feet 8 inches.

30)
The average Japanese worker only usually takes about half of his annual holiday entitlement.

31)
Parlour maids were once sent to bed to warm the sheets before the master and mistress retired for the night, as hot water bottles had not yet been invented.

32)
The marital term "Best man" dates from the time when Scotsmen would kidnap their future brides. The groom's friend who had excelled at the abduction was claimed to be the best man.

33)
In Holland, in January 1795, it was so cold that French cavalry troops crossed the thick ice on the salt waters of the Zuider Zee and surrounded the Dutch fleet which was helplesly frozen in.
Shocked at seeing the French cavalry riding around their ships, the Dutch comanders had no choice but to surrender. This is the only recorded case where a cavalry captured an entire navy.

34)
During the Battle of Lepanto, in 1571, the Turkish army ran so low on ammunition that they ended up pelting the Austrian soldiers with oranges and lemons.

35)
The shortest war in the history of the world lasted just 38 minutes. When Britain declared war on Zanzibar in 1896, Zanzibars only warship, the ageing 'Glasgow' was sunk by two shells. The Zanzibar forces immediately surrendered.

36)
When Tutankhamen's tomb was opened a golden razor was found that was still sharp enough to use after 3000 years.

37)
In China, during the middle ages, the guards who worked on the Great Wall spent their whole life there. They were born there, raised there, married there, died there and were even buried within the walls themselves.

38)
In olden times barbers used to combine haircutting with bloodletting. The white stripes on red on a barbers pole represent the bandages use in bloodletting.

39)
The most intelligent man in the USA is nightclub bouncer Chris Langan who has an IQ of 195. This beats Bill Gates.

40)
During the 19th century, in Ohio, USA, a newspaper called 'The Boston Nation' had pages that were 7ft long by 5ft wide and needed two people to hold it aloft for reading.

41)
About 40,000 Americans have had themselves insured against being kidnapped or eaten by aliens.

42)
On the Hawaiian island of Kauai there is a beach called the barking sands. This is because the dry sand grains emit a strange sound like a barking dog when walked upon with bare feet.

43)
In 1900, in the USA, a census recorded that American families with two servants or less were classed as lower middle class.

44)
More than 6000 shipwrecks lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes in North America.

45)
The Inuit tribe of Northern Canada has over 20 words for snow but none for time.

46)
Since 1800 soil erosion in the United States has robbed the country of an area of land equal to the size of Texas and New Mexico put together.

47)
450 million years ago the South Pole was situated where the Sahara desert is now.

48)
There is more uncultivated land in North America than there is in Africa.

49)
Some sand dunes in the Sahara are bigger than the biggest skyscrapers.

50)
It would take about 70 camels standing on each other's backs to reach the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

51)
As a result of years of draining the water for human consumption, Mexico City is sinking at the rate of 18 inches every year.

52)
The Panama canal is the only place in the world where you can watch the sun set over the Atlantic and rise over the Pacific.

53)
On the Andaman Islands, South Pacific, the people there do not use fire.

54)
In Mexico the Mazateco Indians can hold an entire conversation just by whistling.

55)
In Northern Siberia women demonstrate their love for a man by showering him with lice and slugs.

56)
If the history of the earth were measured in proportion to one year then man did not appear until 8:30 pm on the 31st December.

57)
If the ice caps completely melted then the sea level would rise by over 200 feet putting Big Ben under water.

58)
Athens, Greece, had the very first Municipal rubbish dump in the world.

59)
In Australia bath water flows around the plug hole in an anti-clockwise direction.

60)
There are only two countries in the world that begin with an A but do not end with an A. They are Afghanistan and Azerbaijan.

61)
The Empire State Building weighs less than the earth that was excavated for it's foundations.

62)
The USA are actually the reigning Olympic rugby champions. They beat France in 1924, the last time that rugby featured as an Olympic event.

63)
Basketball was first played in 1891, two years before anyone thought of cutting a hole in the net.

64)
The very first puck used in ice hockey was made from a frozen piece of cow dung.

65)
"Eleven Plus Two" is an anagram of "Twelve Plus One".

66)
"Bimbo" was a slang word for a prostitute in the 1920's.

67)
No words in the English language rhyme with "Month", "Orange", "Silver" and "Purple".

68)
In 1950, a group of Alpine climbers reached the top of the Matterhorn, at 14,691 feet high, only to find that they had been followed all the way up by a 4 month old kitten.

69)
In the USA people spend more money per year on cat food than on baby food.

70)
Tinned food was first introduced in 1812 but it wasn't until 1862 that the first tin opener was invented.

71)
The US fast food giant McDonald's originally started out making hotdogs rather than hamburgers.

72)
When Coca Cola was first sold it's colour was green.

73)
A square piece of dried paper cannot be folded in half more than seven times.

74)
There is one sum that is always the same whatever the numbers and that is "1089". Make up any three figure number in which the first figure is larger than the second and the second is larger than the third, for example 834. Now reverse this number to make 438 and then subtract the smaller number from the larger number which makes 396. Finally add that to the same number reversed, in this case 693 and the answer is 1089. It will always be 1089 whatever the number.

75)
When the Ford Motor Company tried to introduce their "Pinto" car to Brazil they had to change the name because the word "pinto" is slang there for "small male genitals".

76)
In India, a company called 'Unique Services' has a novel way of collecting debts. They have hired eunuchs to go the the defaulters houses and threaten to undress unless they get payment.
It seems that most people would rather pay what they owe than face the eunuch flash.

77)
In Rudd, Iowa, USA, a man forgot to buy his mum a Mothers Day card which resulted in the old dear shouting a stream of abuse at him including being called, "Pig Lazy" and "Being waited on like Augustus Caesar!".
The son took exception to these insults and frog marched his mother into the backyard, tied her up and then threw her into a ferret breeding cage.
He then left with his wife to enjoy a movie and a meal.

78)
In York, England, in 1999, Mr. John Smith became the most hated man in the city when it was found he was living rent free in his 65 year old mother's house and would send her out to walk to the shops for cigarettes three miles away even though she suffered from polio and had a heart complaint.

79)
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mr. Jesus Difranco and his wife visited his mother on Mothers Day when after awhile the mother and daughter in law began to argue over who was the best mother.
The argument got so heated up that Jesus picked up a gun and shot his mother in the leg.
Jesus later stated, "She wouldn't clam up, man!"

80)
In Illinois, USA, teacher Philip Rush was arrested for breaking Federal law after he admitted that he disciplined his pupils with electric shocks.
He would order the naughty children to hold a spark plug in one hand and a metal wire attached to a generator in the other hand and then the electric would be turned on.
Rush later claimed, "It was a way for students to learn how a motor generated a charge."

81)
During the beginning of the 20th century factories were making 1 trillion matches every year.

82)
The moon has such a thin atmosphere that the gas on it would only fill a medium sized office building. However this is about the same amount of exhaust emissions that have been vented by every one of the Apollo Missions to the moon's surface!

83)
The Russian Space Agency once launched a satellite that contained an 83ft mirror in the hope that it would reflect the sun over Siberia and put an end to darkness there.
Unfortunately one of the cosmonauts on the Mir Space Station snagged the device on an aerial damaging it beyond repair.
The US astronauts later described this scheme as "Brain Dead!"

84)
In New York, USA, a shop worker was so angry with mobile phone chatterers on the underground subway that he pulled a gun out, pointed it at a banker, forced the man to tear his phone apart and then finally made him eat it.
The banker nearly choked to death on the phone and several pieces of the phone had to be surgically removed from his body.

85)
In Covina Valley, USA, a teacher was fired after it was found he was teaching the children how to plan an assassination.
The assignment he set his pupils included who they would like to kill, the reasons why they deserved to die, and then working on how not to get caught.
A school spokesman later stated, "The assignment was not authorised!"

86)
Of all the gold in the world, the USA has the most, a total of 8,138 tonnes in reserve. The Germans come second with 3,469 tonnes and the English come a pathetic 11th with 539 tonnes.
To date about 140,000 tonnes of gold has been mined with a current value of about 1.5 trillion dollars!

87)
In Yorkshire, England, a father who demanded compensation from his local bus company for ruining his son's school jacket was shocked when he recieved a letter back from East Yorkshire Motor Services.
The letter, typed on official headed paper, read "We find your claim to be utter bollocks and we believe your son to be lying. We also believe that you are trying to rip us off, so get fucked!"
A spokeman for the company later stated, "The letter was probably a prank by a member of staff. Somebody obviously has a sick sense of humour!"

88)
In London, England, in 1998, during a routine luggage check at Heathrow Airport, a pregnant woman was stopped on her way to her wedding, carrying an unopened gift from her future husband.
When the 'gift' was opened it was found to contain enough explosives to kill everyone on board the plane.

89)
In England, police constable Keith Hooper, one of Prime Minister Tony Blair's crack police guard's, accidentally fired his Glock semi-automatic, narrowly missing two of his colleagues.
Hooper, a member of the Met's Elite Diplomatic Protection Group, was unloading his gun when another officer let off a huge fart forcing him to cover his nose and pull the sensitive trigger.

90)
A timorous Indian has finally emerged from 38 years of self-imposed incarceration. Thula Borah scuttled off to his bedroom as a teenager in 1962 to study for exams but then refused to come out until he'd passed his 54th birthday. He spoke to no-one throughout his extended sulk and even went blind from being in a dark room for so long. He remains downbeat about his prospects, stating: "I'm counting my days and waiting for my death."

91)
A father from Missouri made a pathetic attempt at rescuing his son from a bear attack despite being armed with a .44 handgun. The pair were hunting on the slopes of Grand Mesa near Denver when the bear surprised the younger man from behind. Rather than peppering it with bullets the senior partner lost his cool and threw his gun at the beast. The bear then turned on the father before a third member of the party retrieved the gun and scared the animal away by using the weapon in the traditional manner.

92)
28-year-old Ross Watt was fined £100 by an Edinburgh court for having sex with a shoe. In January 1997, Watt was discovered lying on top of the shoe with his trousers around his ankles, simulating intercourse. Imposing him with the fine for shameless indecency, Sheriff Richard Stott warned the pervert: "If you have to do things like this, then I strongly suggest you do them in private!"

92)
Hundreds of drinking-water stations are being set up in the desert by emergency services and humanitarian groups in an attempt to help illegal immigrants. Hundreds of them have died of thirst whilst crossing the Mexican border into the US.

93)
The people of Chile were horrified by the discovery of a ten-year-old boy living with a pack of wild dogs. The boy (Axel) escaped from a childrens' home in the coastal town of Talcahuano. Since then he's been running with the pack of 15 strays and sharing a cave with them on cold nights. When things got particularly rough, he would occasionally drink milk produced by one of the pack's pregnant bitches which he called Lyla. When he was taken back into care Axel was aggressive and surly for some reason.
Social Worker Delia Delgatto explained, "He was abandoned at the early age of five by his parents, who were very abusive. He was effectively thrown onto the streets. He would eat out of garbage cans and find leftovers."
When police tried to separate him from the pack Axel leapt into the ocean and tried to drown himself but a police officer managed to save him. Social workers astutely claim the former dog-boy will need long periods of counselling, and is likely to remain in care for the forseeable future.

94)
A 31-year-old woman who turned up for jury service wearing a Star Trek uniform complete with phaser and tricorder was discharged from the bench in March 1995. The Arkansas judge made the decision after 'Commander' Barbara Adams gave a television interview, saying: "I stand for Star Trek's ideals - faith in your fellow man, peaceful resolution to adversaries and avoiding prejudice."

95)
In 1994, tutor Irene Wachenfeld stripped off in front of a class of Swedish College girls declaring, "My body is good enough. I want you to feel the same about your bodies" The nudist lecturer went on to successfully sue the Karlstad authorities for unfair dismissal.

96)
Buddhist priests often subject themselves to extreme conditions in order to express their spirituality. One felt the best way to prove the strength of his faith was to sit in a wok full of boiling water using only the power of prayer to help him withstand the pain.

97)
Thrusting a snake up your nostril may not seem the most effective way of shaking off a cold but the Chinese are convinced that 'flossing' with a serpent can clear the sinuses as effectively as the time-honoured method of sticking a towel over your head and breathing in steam.

98)
In Oklahoma, USA, in 1974, a tornado hit a town and was so powerful that it actually picked an entire house up off it's foundations, turned it around 90 degrees and then planted it back on the foundations again, giving the owner an entirely new view.
Unfortunately the owner was in the house at the time the tornado struck and he was sucked through a window, thrown a hundred feet away into a cornfield and died instantly.

99)
In the USA, off the North Atlantic coast, in 1996, Mr. Robert Slutsky, aged 54, went for a swim and eventually drifted two miles off the coast in freezing waters.
Mr. Slutsky only survived because of his 300 fatty frame which acted as insulation against the cold.

100)
In Boulac, France, in May 1993, Mr. Didier Dahran, a parachutist, broke the world record for surviving the highest ever "upward" fall.
He was just 1000 feet from the ground when a freak cyclone current instantly sucked him into the sky, eventually elevating him to height of 25,000 feet!
He then stayed at this height for nearly two hours, in -30 degree temperatures, before his parachute finally collapsed and he plummeted back to earth.
Dahran then stayed conscious long enough for him to open his emergency chute before he passed out. When he eventually woke up he found himself to be 30 miles from his original position and suffering only from a little frostbite!

101)
In Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, a load of very clever computer hackers managed to break into the Council message helpline and record their own greeting.
48 members of the public who rang the emergency number message switchboard were greeted with, "Fuck off, you bastards!"
Council boss Chris Mallender slammed the incident as "Outrageous!"

102)
In Dallas, Texas, USA, maths teacher, Mr. Martin angered parents after using unorthadox teaching techniques on his pupils.
He would ask his class questions like "Hector has knocked up six girls in his gang. There are 27 girls in the gang. What percentage of the girls in the gang has Hector knocked up?" and "Rufus is pimping for three girls. If the price is $65 for each trick, how many tricks will each girl have to turn so Rufus can pay his $800 a day crack habit?"
Mr. Martin was suspended for 60 days.

103)
Here are some interesting things about beer.
An "ale" was originally a beer that was made without hops but nowadays an "ale" is any beer that is not "lager".
The greatest beer producing countries in the world have one major thing in common. A climate that is unsuitable for producing wine. That is why Britain, Scandinavia, Northern Germany, Holland and the Czech Republic are all great beer drinkers.
The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt used to pay their workers with beer and the ancient Babylonians made their bread from it.
In ancient times beer was so cloudy that drinking straws had to be invented so that it could be drunk without distrubing the yeasty sediment.
The name "ale" comes from the viking word for beer "ol".
At one time the English word for fermenting beer was "Godisgood".
"Bitter" beer became popular after "IPA" or "India Pale Ale" was produced with a double dose of hops added to withstand the long, hot voyages from Britain to India.

104)
In Nottingham, England, Mr. Kapur Mehan, a local grocer, had his shop closed down by trading standards officers after it was found he had been selling tins of beans that were 18 years past their sell by date.
The beans had stood around for so long that iron had contaminated the contents.
Mr Mehan later said, "My eyesight is not very good. I will not be reopening!"

105)
In Los Angeles, California, USA, it was discovered that pencils with university exam answers coded down the side of them were being sold for as much as $9,000 dollars.
In New York It was also found that expert test takers were paid to sit other people's exams and other conspirators would telephone the answers from New York to Los Angeles (which is three hours behind in the timezone) and give them all the answers!

106)
On Mount Stredohori, in Czechoslovakia, there is a 75 foot stretch of road which inexplicably stops all motor vehicles in their tracks!

107)
Fast food giant Mcdonalds scrapped their cute little coffee spoons after they discovered that drugs dealers were using them to measure out exact 100mg measurements of heroine!
Dealers found the spoons very useful because they provided an accurate measurement and they also didn't have to have scales laying around the house.
Mcdonalds recalled the spoons on police advice!

108)
The Eiffell tower is 6 inches taller in the summer than in the winter.

109)
The pyramids of Egypt are about 3 miles from their original location due to the shift in the landmass since they were built thousands of years ago.

110)
A Chinese typewriter has 5,850 characters on its keys and even an expert typist struggles to type faster than eleven words a minute.

111)
Scientists have found that carniverous plants absolutely adore steak but they suffer from indigestion if they are given cheese.

112)
The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is 'Sacred mother of the waters'.

113)
Tobacco can actually be turned into a valuable source of protein.

114)
The minute hand on a watch first appeared in 1670.

115)
The Sargasso Sea is not next to any shoreline but is totally surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.

116)
In New York there are more Italian people than in Rome and more Irish people than in Dublin.

117)
Potato crisps were actually invented by American Red Indians hundreds of years ago!

118)
The very first National Lottery began in Germany in 1494!

119)
The ancient Romans believed that parsley stopped them from getting drunk.

120)
When Roman soldiers were on patrol in cold climates they would sting themselves with nettles to keep warm.

121)
If you spent $1,000 every day since the birth of Christ you still would not have spent 1 billion dollars!

122)
In 1925 Niagara Falls completely froze over.

123)
Every time that the moon is hit by a large object it makes an unexplained ringing noise.

124)
During the early 1970's a new brand of washing powder was introduced to Saudi Arabia with an advert showing a big pile of dirty clothes on the left of the picture, a tub of soap bubbles in the middle of the picture and a stack of gleaming clean laundry on the right of the picture.
This did not go down well with Arabs as they read from right to left!

125)
In China children as young as 3 years old regularly enjoy smoking cigarettes.

126)
Citric acid is obtained from mould not lemons.

127)
The men of the Taureg tribes of the Sahara wear veils while their women go about uncovered.

128)
Men are more likely to fall out of bed than women are.

129)
When the volcano Krakatoa exploded it was so loud that coastguards 2,500 miles away heard the roar 4 hours after it happened.

130)
Biro ink contains castor oil.

131)
In 1891 Mr. James Bartley was swallowed by a whale and stayed inside the beast's stomach for two days.
He survived this and lived until 1926!

132)
In France in the 19th century a mechanical semaphore system was being used that could send a message 125 miles away in less than three minutes.

133)
On the island of Tahiti tipping someone money is thought of as being a disgusting habit.

134)
Tibetans grow their little finger nails long so that they can clean out their noses and ears more effectively.

135)
During the 19th century the Post Office would deliver Christmas cards on Christmas morning.

136)
Knightsbridge is the place in England with the most consonants in a row.

137)
There are no words in the English language that rhyme with orange, month and silver.

138)
The words 'Zenith, tariff, sherbet, algebra, carafe, syrup, cotton, mattress and alcohol" are all English words derived from Arabic.

139)
The only words in the English language that end in 'gry' are hungry and angry.

140)
Ten gallon hats only actually hold about six pints of water.

141)
Bombay duck is not duck it is dried fish.

142)
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.
Amazingly only about 26 of these chemicals have been tested and half of these caused cancer in rats.

143)
There is a city called Rome on every continent.

144)
The full name of the city of Los Angeles, in California, USA is 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Poriuncula'.

145)
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12345678987654321.

146)
Pollen lasts forever.

147)
The only recorded month in history not to have a full moon was February 1865.

148)
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday 13th in them.

149)
In Illinois, USA, in 1987, 11 year old Michael Dixon was found 100 miles away from his home after he began sleepwalking to a freight train and travelling on it from his home state all the way to Indiana.

150)
The oldest Valentine card on record was sent by Miss Margery Brews to her lover John Paston in 1477.
It read, "To my right welbelovyd Voluntyne".

151)
Here are a few genuine product names from around the world.
a) Sor Bits (Danish mints)
b) Krapp (Scandinavian toilet paper)
c) Grand Dick (French red wine)
d) Nora Knackers (Norwegian biscuits)
e) Moron (Italian wine)
f) Mukki (Italian yoghurt)
g) Cock (French deodorant)
h) Plopp (Swedish toffee bar)
i) Bum (Turkish biscuits)
j) Donkee Basterd Suker (Dutch sugar)
k) Zit (Greek fizzy drink)
l) Bimbo Bread (South American bread)
m) Craps chocolate (France)
n) Darkie toothpaste (Taiwan)
o) Pschitt (French fizzy drink)
p) Homo-milk (Canada)