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There is an evil counterpart to Santa named Krampus.Krampus physically beats bad
children before sacking them away to Hell. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus In 2010,a scholl board gave macbooks to students,secretly spied on them, and punished them later. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District In Switzerland,a group of citizens may challenge a law passed by Parliment,if they gather 50,000 signatures against the law within 100 days.A national vote is scheduled where voters decide by a single majority whether to accept or reject the law. . http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland |
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Add contact | Send message When: 13 Sep 13 14:21 Joined: Date Joined: 09 May 12 | Topic/replies: 10,493 | Blogger: SqueezeFirmly's blog The next man to be named James and be King Of England will not be James III Under a law made many years ago, things will change to stop confusion. James II of England and James VI of Scotland, were the same person, due to adhering to regnal numbers. James I of England & James VI of Scotland were the same person, as was James II of England & James VII of Scotland. James II is known to the Irish as Seamus na Chaka or James the Sh1te. The next King James of England will not be the 3rd, he will be the 7th. |
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In Beijing China you can pay someone $60 to come and rescue you from a traffic jam.
They pick you up on a motorbike and someone else drives your car to it's destination. . http://asiancorrespondent.com/46653/chinese-traffic-jams-hire-an-imposter/ There’s a swing at the edge of a canyon, 1300ft above colorado river. Located on the edge of a canyon, 1,300 feet above the Colorado River, the Giant Canyon Swing at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is definitely not for faint hearted. . http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/18/is-this-the-most-terrifying-swing-ride-in-the-world-3889328/ Gordon Ramsey challenged a prison cook to an onion cutting competition.The inmate won.Ramsey immediately offered him a job at one of his restaurants upon his release. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToJpKHYKkoA |
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A quadriplegic man was sentenced to 10 days in jail for a first time offence of possession
of marijuana,despite the prison not having sufficient medical equipment for him.The 27 year-old died after four days in custody. . http://www.popehat.com/2008/12/11/crime-marijuana-possession-sentence-death/ A Swedish woman's recent toiling in her garden turned up a rather unexpected harvest when she pulled a carrot out of the ground "wearing" the wedding ring she had lost back in 1995. . http://www.thelocal.se/38248/ Although certain pieces of music and some visual experiences can evoke memories,smell is by far the strongest in evoking memories of the past. . http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/11/10/how-scents-evoke-memories/9449.html |
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On average,one US soldier commits suicide every day.
. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156250/Suicides-U-S-troops-hit-DAY.html In a study that examined the difference in brain activity of women during real and faked orgasms,researchers discovered that the test subjects reached orgasm 80% of the time while wearing socks versus 59% without. . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4111360.stm There's a small hotel called "Whatsapp" in India. |
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A movie director faced like in prison because his movie looked so realistic people
thought the actors were actually filmed while being murdered.That is until they showed up in court.The film remains banned and/oe heavily edited in several countries to this day. . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078935/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg The only Japanese survivor of the Titanic was branded a coward in Japan for having dishonoured himself by not going down with the ship. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masabumi_Hosono#Return_to_Japan The Chinese Government has censored the word "Censorship". . http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201304182102-0022686 |
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New York City gives UPS over 15,000 parking tickets a month!
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/category/10/Interesting/18#ElITuzY0E9HLW8fL.99 Smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty. Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/4#BqAJ39mQfVajyFuV.99 The Smithsonian has just recently extracted Alexander Graham Bell's voice from a 130 year old record! Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/10#WROl2SrqlPWQRppv.99 |
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New York City gives UPS over 15,000 parking tickets a month!
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During WWII,the Gestapo's most wanted person was New Zealand born Allied agent Nancy Wake.
Among her numerous exploits,she killed an SS soldier with her bare hands,to prevent him from raising the alarm during an undercover raid. . http://www.nzedge.com/nancy-wake/ In 2007 a soldier in the British army was declared dead after he was caught in an explosion in Afghanistan.When his body was being washed for the body bag,they noticed a pulse.He was flown to hospital where he recovered and went on to take part in the 2012 Paralympics. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Derenalagi A single gene is thought to be responsible for our ability to speak.If put into mice,it changes their behavior and vocalization patterns. . http://www.cell.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867409005704?cc=y |
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While Pixar was making Toy Story 2,someone accidently ran a Unix command which deleted
the films data.It was restored thanks to an animator who kept a copy of the data at home so she could work on the movie while caring for her new baby. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_g0tyaIeE One of the most endangered primate species in the world - is the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkin_snub-nosed_monkey Siberian Huskies will obey if required to,but their natural tendency is to be cooperative rather than obedient,and they prefer to be companions rather than mere pets. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Husky |
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The 13th day of the month is slightly more likely to be a Friday than any other day of the week.
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th#History If you are feeling lonely in Japan you can rent a Japanese middle aged man for $10 an hour. . http://ossanrental.thebase.in/ A goat once killed his abusive owner in self-defense.The community rallied around the goat and saved it's life. . http://www.snopes.com/horrors/animals/snowball.asp |
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An irish youth snatched a homeless man's pet bunny from his arms and threw it off
the bridge they were standing on,the homeless man immediately jumped after it and resuscitated the bunny before he passed out and firefighters saved him,the youth was later convicted of torture and animal cruelty. . http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/04/youth-threw-homeless-mans-rabbit-dublin-sentenced_n_2236642.html Thor's hammer was intended to have a much longer handle and be wielded two- handed.While it was being forged,Loki interrupted the dwarf manning the bellows,resulting in the hammer's defect. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir Putting dry tea bags in smelly shoes or gym bags will absorb the unpleasant odor. . http://greatist.com/health/treat-sunburns-tea-and-other-tips |
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In Batman Begins,Christian Bale suffered from crippling headaches and severe
claustrophobia due to the original Batsuit.Later,a more flexible batsuit was constructed from 200 pieces of fibre glass,rubber and nylon so Bale could have more mobility. . http://www.businessinsider.com/the-batsuit-was-so-tight-christian-bale-nearly-had-a-nervous-breakdown-2012-7?IR=T When 6-year old Adam Walsh (the son of America's most wanted host John Walsh) was murdered in 1981,the police investigation was so inept that they lost the bloodstained carpet from the suspect's Cadillac,the machete used to decapitate Walsh and eventually the car itself. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Adam_Walsh#Investigation |
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In 1971,Fred Smith,CEO of FedEx saved the company by gambling their last remaining 5000 dollars
and winning $27,000 over a weekend.The total $32,000 was enough to keep the business running for a few more days while he raised another $11 million to furthur fund the business. . http://www.wallstreetinsanity.com/fedex-ceo-saves-company-with-a-5000-gamble/ In Japan, you can buy smartphone panties to ‘protect’ your phone’s private parts. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muobpsb_5PI |
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The first digital wristwatch was made specifically for a movie!
http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/10#jobOfR58Mp1PvhkZ.99 All the batteries in the world could only support 10 minutes worth of the world's demand for energy http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/12#iEijqiqq0A6lphGV.99 You know that 404 'Page not Found' message? 418 Means 'I'm a Teapot'! http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/20#u0bdz9i5mmoqQdC2.99 |
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once a day and once a night
for a period of only three weeks in a year.This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km. . http://amazingstuff.co.uk/sport/surfing-the-pororoca-2/#.Uj6Na9Kshzu In 2011,a tiny Spanish town on the brink of financial ruin bet on the world's biggest lottery,and won. . http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/22/spain-granen-el-gordo-lottery |
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On Christmas of 2010,the Colombian government covered jungle trees with lights.When FARC
guerrillas walked by,the trees lit up and banners asking them to lay down their arms became visible. 331 guerrilas re-entered society and the campaign won an award for strategic marketing excellence. . http://www.jaychiatawards.com/winners2011/gold_lowe_pahd.html The UK,for economic reasons,sent up to 150,000 poor children to Canada,New Zealand and other parts of the Commonwealth from 1869 to the 1970s,often telling them their parents had died,and telling parents that their children had been placed for adoption elsewhere in the UK. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Humphreys |
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In 1945,Dwight D.Einenhower predicted that people would try and dispel the holocaust
as a falsehood,and ordered innumerable pictures to be taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial#Attempts_at_concealment_by_perpetrators The members of the 1980's pop/rock band Toto were prolific session musicians.Their work includes Michael Jackson's "Thriller".Collectively,the members have been recorded on over 5,000 albums,selling over 500,000,000 albums. . http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/featured/2013/08/17/112200/interview-toto-is-rock-royalty-really |
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It is hard to grasp just how small the atoms that make up your body are until you take a look at the sheer number of them. An adult is made up of around 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms.
The atoms that make up your body are mostly empty space, so despite there being so many of them, without that space you would compress into a tiny volume. The nucleus that makes up the vast bulk of the matter in an atom is so much smaller than the whole structure that it is comparable to the size of a fly in a cathedral. If you lost all your empty atomic space, your body would fit into a cube less than 1/500th of a centimetre on each side. The Strangers in Your Dreams are Actually People That You've Seen in Real Life! http://www.omg-facts.com/lists/297/11-Shocking-Facts-About-Dreams-That-Will-Rock-Your-World/1#dZWBOdQJAKYjsHyb.99 The Spanish flu killed more Americans in one year than the combined total who died in battle during WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. |
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There is an Australian band called "The Beards".Every single one of their 38 songs is about beards.
. http://thebeardsblog.wordpress.com/about/ People in Ireland leave out Guinness Beer for Santa on Christmas Eve. . http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/what-do-you-give-santa-on-christmas-eve/ |
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When the Skylab satellite crashed in Australia in 1979,Australia issued the US a fine for littering.
Nasa didn't pay the fine. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-entry There’s a bar in Germany where you get served by Robots . http://www.salve-tv.net/web/de/webtv/webtv.php?rubrikID=heute&videoID=11686&VideoSuche=&autoplay=false&area=&division=&counter=11&leaf=on |
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The Russian Army started wearing socks this year.
. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/jan/16/russian-soldiers-replacing-foot-wraps-socks When Otzi the Iceman,a 5,300 year old Stone age wanderer,was discovered mummified in a glacier in 1991,several women volunteered to be impregnated with his sperm.Unfortunately,his peenis and scrotum were accidentally broken off during his excavation. . http://www.saintjoe.edu/~ilicias/The_Iceman%27s_Secrets_%281992%29.html |
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Australia's largest ever petition of 792,985 signatures was submitted to the parliment in the year 2000 to protest rising beer prices.
. http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_11_-_Petitions Sapiosexual is a person who gets attracted to or is aroused by intelligence and its use. . http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sapiosexual |
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I would have thought that sapiosexual meant someone aroused by wisdom, not intelligence.
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A greeting card that can play "Happy Birthday" has more computing power than existed in the whole world in the 1950's
. http://knopfdoubleday.com/2011/03/14/your-cell-phone/ Swiss researchers found that out of 37 million companies,147 firms control 40% of global wealth and 737 control 80%. . http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2011/10/22/the-147-companies-that-control-everything/ |
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Filesharing app LimeWire was sued for $75 TRILLION!
http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/21#EKuhtowUdXyeUYKh.99 Nuclear submarine mics can hear shrimp chewing food from 300 feet away! http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/27#PuCdRfCB4cDkFeZ8.99 Kodak, who invented the first digital camera, went bankrupt because they didn't convert to digital. http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/33#O75QSPpCxV4z2kHO.99 In 2009, a Swiss-made watch was found in a 400-year-old Chinese tomb. http://www.omg-facts.com/category/5/Technology/39#TiF0qS5cfhzkKpQb.99 |
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Some Japanese physicist wrote what would have been a seminal paper on predicting weather patterns in the 1930s. The trouble is that he wrote it in Esperanto so everyone could understand it, but ironically no-one, western or Japanese could read it. No one bothered to translate it into any common language until the 1960s (or maybe even 70s), at which time it still furthered the cause of meteorology significantly.
If either side in WWII in the Pacific had bothered with it might have changed the course of the war. Unfortunately I can't remember his damned name. |
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A puppy is born blind,deaf,and toothless.
. http://puppies.about.com/od/NewOwners/a/Development-Birth-to-3-Months.htm Getting goose bumbs does not involve the bumps rising,but rather the flesh around them contracting. . http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_bumps |
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A survey found 35% of British adults sleep with a teddy bear.
. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/british-adults-sleep-with-teddy-bears_n_1290813.html A man tried to blow up the Eiffel Tower because it's light was shining through his bedroom keeping him awake at night. . http://stuarttait.com/writing/paranoid-disorientation/ |