A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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In 2007, a woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower.
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In the wake of Goat Simulator's popularity, 'Rock Simulator 2014' was developed and released. Gameplay simulates life as a rock.
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In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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