In response to the moral panic surrounding violent video games, Penn & Teller released “Desert Bus,” for the Sega Cd. In the game you drive a bus from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a straight line for 8 hours.
10
In 2012, a squirrel in Fareham, UK got its head trapped in a decorative Halloween skull and scared the crap out of the neighbours.
45
Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
334
The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
29
In 2012, a Chinese gamer's father was so concerned about his son's habit, he hired virtual hitmen to kill off his avatar.
53
On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
10
40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
780