Category: Fun Facts

There have been a number of people that have served decades in jail, but then they have only had their sentences brought to an end by the fact that they have died. However, what do you think is the longest time served in jail where the individual has actually been released at the end of […]

Have you ever heard the story of the woman in the flying bathtub? If not, then even though it might not be as obvious as you would think, this is something that did indeed happen to a 75-year-old woman in East Texas. Upon hearing that a tornado was approaching, Charlesetta Williams took it upon herself […]

Back in the 19th century, it was simply not allowed for women to study medicine in the UK. However, that was not going to stop one particular woman who came up with a rather cunning plan to go ahead and beat this particular system. The woman was called Margaret Ann Bulkley who studied medicine at […]

While the idea of going shopping in a mall sounds like paradise for some, there is no doubt that it is horrible and pointless to others. Also, it tends to be that the husband is the one that is bored out of his mind and that, in turn, is going to have a negative impact […]

When it comes to things that appear in movies or TV shows that are actually pretty cool, then flicking a cigarette onto a trail of gasoline in order to ignite it, and then eventually blow something up, must be one of the best things to have ever appeared. However, it seems that there is a […]

For some absolutely strange reason, the idea of sitting on top of a flagpole really took off back in the 1920’s. Ultimately, it led to people effectively competing with one another to see who would be able to break the record for this rather dangerous event that effectively became a hobby for some. This was […]

Imagine your husband goes off to war and he fails to come back. You wait and you wait for news and yet, you hear nothing. How long would you wait in order to uncover the truth of what happened to your husband? The widow of Lt Bill Harris waited a staggering 67 years before she […]

It is relatively common for a movie to replicate something that happened in real life, but when the tables are turned it does mean that things take on a rather scary appearance. Take a movie by the name of ‘The China Syndrome’ as the perfect example. It was a movie that focused on a nuclear […]

Do you think that it would be possible for a country to forget that it was in a war? It does sound as if it would be impossible, but it is something that has actually happened, and it led to the conflict being seen as the longest war in the history of the world. The […]

If you want to work as a cab driver in London, then you are going to have to do a lot of work in order to then be permitted to do so. There is more to it than simply jumping behind the wheel and off you go. Even though there is sat-nav to help you […]