Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
10
There is a fake village with fake shops and restaurants that is actually a care home for elderly dementia sufferers in the Netherlands.
7
In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
4
Elephants are among the most emotional creatures in the world - they have even been known to rescue other animals, such as trapped dogs.
25
A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
13
Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
28
In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
13
In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
44