We’ve all seen a pictures of ourselves where we weren’t looking our best, but imagine what it was like when that picture took months to complete. “Most early representations that are clearly intended to show an individual are of rulers, and tend to follow idealizing artistic conventions, rather than the […]
Usually, one robs a bank for the purposes of acquiring money. This man robbed a bank for an entirely different reason, and it all went wrong for him. “Bank robbery is the criminal act of stealing from a bank, specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, […]
Spiders? In MY fuel line? It’s more likely than you might think! “On March 3, 2011, around 50,000 Mazda6 vehicles from the 2009–10 model years were recalled in the United States, with another 15,000 in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico after it was found that Yellow Sac Spiders were building […]
Mankind has reached a point in its destructive capabilities that it is literally beyond our comprehension. So what is it we really have to fear? “The Poseidon (Russian: Посейдон, “Poseidon”, GRAU index 2M39, NATO reporting name Kanyon), previously known by Russian codename Status-6 (Russian: Статус-6), is an autonomous, nuclear-powered unmanned […]
Never get on the bad side of someone who is willing to dedicate years of their life to the most inane and trivial matters. “The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or […]
This fast food mascot had an “unhinged” personality and an unfortunate name – which was too much for one mentally unwell man to handle. “On January 30, 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the “Avoid the Noid” campaign was personally directed towards him and was […]
Does a goal count if the last person to touch the ball was the referee? Does the referee get in trouble? “In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on […]
A domino world record expo is no place for a wild sparrow, but this sparrow cared not. “The domino sparrow (Dutch: dominomus) was a house sparrow (Passer domesticus) that was shot and killed by a hunter from the company Duke Faunabeheer in the Frisian Expo Centre in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, during […]
Not only did he have the size, strength and speed to dominate his opponents – he also had the smarts. “Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈrʲelʲɪn]; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing the Soviet […]
These hitmen turned a contract killing into a pyramid scheme, with hilarious results. “Contract killing is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or persons. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of payment, monetary or otherwise. […]
