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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In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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In November 2013, a woman in Florida named Linda Ducharme married a ferris wheel.
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