Cannibilism? Isn’t that illegal? Well, it depends actually. Here’s how you can get away with it. “Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of “cannibalism” has been […]
The silent man tests the law in strange ways over and over – frequently getting himself in trouble – but never explains his actions or his motives… “A mute of malice is a defendant in a criminal case who willfully chooses not to speak, as opposed to one who does […]
You and your enemy both have nukes – so maybe it’s a good idea to just use sticks when you fight. “The Sino–Indian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large, and several smaller, separated pieces of territory between China and India. The territorial […]
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 […]
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 […]
A tale both beautiful and strange emanating from WWII – but lasting for decades afterwards. “The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on 20 December 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, 2nd Lt Charles “Charlie” Brown’s B-17 Flying Fortress (named “Ye Olde Pub”) was severely damaged […]
