Random Strange Facts

In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.

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The University of Victoria offers a course in the science of Batman.

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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.

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Mike the Headless Chicken was no different from any other chicken, except that he lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off.

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In 2008, a Japanese man noticed his food going missing, so he set up a webcam and found that a woman had been living in his closet for a year.

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A 22 year old Chinese man needed a new nose. Instead of a transplant, a surgeon built a new nose on his forehead.

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It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.

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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.

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