"In 2001, a Los Angeles artist impersonated a Caltrans worker, forged an invoice, used a hidden ladder, and installed his own freeway sign in the presence of another highway crew. Nobody noticed, he was never charged, and the sign remained for over eight years."
"Horse Yoga is practiced by a school in Argentina. Participants pose on horses lying on their backs. "
"In 1251, Henry III of England was given a polar bear by the King of Norway. He kept it in the Tower of London, on a long chain so that it could swim in the Thames. "
"When you are in Sweden, you have the year-round right to walk, cycle, ride, ski and camp on any land, with few exceptions, due to The Right of Public Access, or ‘Allemansrätt.’ "
"The “underwear on the outside” look for superhero costumes was modeled after the attire of the aerial circus performers and wrestlers of the ’30s when the first superheroes appeared."
"The city of Oklahoma lost a collective 1 million pounds over 5 years through building health infrastructure, facilitating wellness initiatives and fostering discussion about obesity throughout society."
"Brazil has the biggest Japanese community outside of Japan."
"An art professor at Syracuse University created a single tree that bears 40 different types of fruit after learning that an orchard full of 150-200-year-old native fruit trees was going to be destroyed. "
"Oktoberfest started off as a wedding reception for a Prince in Bavaria in 1810, and the newlyweds enjoyed it so much, they suggested making it an annual event. "
"In ancient Egypt, couples were considered married whenever they moved in together- wedding ceremonies were reserved for the upper classes. "
"Fes, currently the third-largest city in Morocco, was briefly the largest city in the world from 1170 to 1180 CE."
"During the Cold War, the USSR was able to tell a Soviet passport was a forgery because the staples in real passports would corrode due to the poor quality of metal."
"There’s a second Mona Lisa in Museo del Prado, Madrid, that was probably painted by one of Da Vinci’s pupils. When viewed combined with the original Mona Lisa, it can create a 3-D effect, making it the first stereoscopic image in world history. "
"The 2014 film “Nightcrawler” was inspired by a photographer named Arthur Fellig, who in the 1930’s, installed a police-band shortwave radio in his car and maintained a complete darkroom in the trunk. He’d often beat authorities to the scene and then sell his gory photos to the tabloids."
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Most likely meant "Oklahoma City". It actually is named that too. :)