Category: Fun Facts

Why exactly did the chicken cross the road? Well in the case of Napa, California back in 1975 it was simply because they were on patrol and had to cross the roads in order to complete their duty. Rather than installing speed bumps or other speed restriction methods, it was decided to try an experiment […]

Back in Ancient Egypt they had a different approach to part of their army, and it was one that was light years ahead of even where we are at this moment in time. There was a section of their army that consisted of 150 gay couples based out of the ancient city of Thebes. The […]

Abraham Lincoln has to be one of the most famous Presidents of the United States, but it seems that he had a way with more than just running a country. Back in 1842, he was faced with a challenge by James Shields who was a very serious and real political rival. The challenge would be […]

There are times where an actor ends up playing a role that is too close to their own lives that it can kind of mask and dampen their ability to act to the standards that they expect. While this example is slightly different, it does show a twist of fate that could not have been […]

The concept of a Christian missionary heading to a remote tribe in order to convert them to Christianity is nothing new. What is unusual is when there is a twist in what is expected to happen. In the 1970’s an American missionary by the name of Daniel Everett took it upon himself to head to […]

Issac Newton was responsible for making a number of scientific discoveries. It seems that he did have a habit of pushing things a bit too far, as can be seen by one experiment that he is known to have carried out on himself. Newton had worked on a number of theories regarding optics, so he […]

A surprising number of people visit Paris and are then partly disappointed at what they see or how they experience the city. The French government state that this is because they feel that the city has been given this title of being extremely romantic, that people have higher expectations than what should be seen as […]

It seems that aside from all of the horrible things that Hitler was responsible for, he was guilty of having a major issue with the tax man. In fact, he had a habit of not paying taxes. It even resulted in him getting into trouble with his own party back in 1934 when he had, […]

Even though it is a country with amazing weather and culture, Australia is home to a number of species that are pretty much going out there in order to kill you. Take the Funnel-Web spider as a prime example. This just so happens to be one of the most dangerous spiders in the world and […]

If you are looking for an individual that is going to be seen as being the luckiest as well as the unluckiest person ever, then it is best that you head on over to China. There you will find someone by the name of Lei Jingxiong who was arrested by the police and beaten to […]