"In 1986, an electronics store chain made good on its offer to sell stereos for “299 bananas” when customers turned up with the fruit as payment."
"In 1984, Robert Patrick (actor who played T-1000 in Terminator 2) was involved in a boating accident and he swam for three hours to get help for others."
"Google is planning to implement ‘sea view’ into Google Maps by using a 360º underwater camera."
"When Steve Jobs accused Bill Gates of stealing ideas from Apple, Gates said, “Well, Steve, I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”"
"A team of developers are taking the glow in the dark enzyme that is found in species of jellyfish and fireflies and are creating bioluminescent trees. These trees can potentially light up public streets while being energy-neutral."
"Taxonomically, modern-day birds aren’t just descended from dinosaurs, but are considered to be dinosaurs."
"Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika vacated his home, a 300-bedroom mansion, in 2005 because he believed it to be haunted."
"During the Vietnam War, one unconventional technique used by the United States against the Viet Cong was replacing their ammunition with decoy explosive ammunition, which destroyed their weapons when fired."
"The creator of BUMFIGHTS showed up to a Dr Phil interview dressed up like Dr Phil and called him out for exploiting people saying they were the same."
"The blinking light atop the Capitol Records Tower spells out the word “Hollywood” in Morse code, and has done so since the building’s opening in 1956."
"Catholic and Protestant areas in Northern Ireland are still separated by walls up to 25 feet tall called “peace lines.”"
"Back in the 1980’s people were able to download Video Games from a radio broadcast by recording the sounds onto a cassette tape that they could then play on their computers."
"In 1994 a Russian pilot let his 15 yo son and 12 yo daughter try to fly an aircraft. The kids unknowingly disabled the autopilot: the plane crashed into a hillside in Siberia killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members. "
"Due to severe overcrowding and high real estate in Hong Kong, burials in public cemeteries are exhumed after 6 years. The remains are either collected privately for cremation or reburied in an urn. Unclaimed burials are exhumed and cremated by the government. "
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