"Painter Raphael snuck into the Sistine Chapel to look at the unfinished work while Michelangelo was gone, and upon seeing the paintings, went back to a completed painting of his own at the Church of Sant’Agostino, scraped it off the wall, and started completely over."
"The original floats in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade were released into the air after the parade because Macy’s didn’t know what to do with them. However they included a ticket that would fall to the ground after they popped. If you found the ticket, you could redeem it for a prize at Macy’s. "
"As of 2015, Iceland is the most peaceful nation in the world. The literacy rate is 99% among all Icelanders and the incarceration rate is 47 prisoners per 100,000 people."
"Ivar the Boneless is said to have killed a rival Viking leader by snapping his ribs at his spine and pulling them out so they resembled wings, then wrenching the victim’s lungs out through the gaping cavity in his back. This particular method of execution became known as the Blood Eagle. "
"When a drone bee mates with the queen, his orgasm is so powerful it causes his genitals to explode, killing the male and leaving his penis inside the queen. The explosion is so powerful, it’s audible to human ears. "
"Some children have such a legitimate fear of math that brain scans actually show their amygdalae (fear centers) activate when faced with a math problem. "
"You can’t make a true James Bond vesper martini anymore. Kina Lillet was discontinued and reformulated in 1986, making the scene in the Casino Royale movie anachronistic (unless the bar had an old bottle lying around). "
"Richard Branson bought Necker Island when he was just 28 years old. It was on sale for $6 million, but he negotiated the price down to $180,000."
"Wolves in the wild do not have “alpha males” or “alpha females” with subordinate “betas” or “gammas.” Wolf packs are a family with the offspring of previous years. "
"Teddy Roosevelt once knocked out a drunken gunman in a bar brawl, after the man called him ‘Four Eyes.’ "
"In the 1950s, the French created an anti-tank weapon for airborne troops by strapping 75mm recoilless cannons to several hundred Vespa scooters. The cannon goes between the driver’s legs, and off the front of the scooter. "
"The Despicable Me Franchise has a higher grossing revenue than Iron Man, Terminator, Star Trek, and even Toy Story."
"There are two libraries in Portugal that use resident bat colonies to protect the books from insects."
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#26 That's because it's a kid's movie and parents have to buy a ticket, too, which account for more ticket sales and thus higher revenues.
Search for vespa 150 tap. It technically did work, but they were discontinued after a few years.
It actually made into combat and worked just fine, but aiming it was difficult. Only 600 were made, at only $500 USD a pop.