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24 June, 2015

1. Graham Bell wanted phone users to greet themselves.
with "ahoy." Today, people use "hello" which was suggested by his rival- Thomas Edison.

2. Smoking in airplanes is illegal. However, all major airplanes
have ashtrays because some people would still smoke onboard.

3. In ancient Athens, people who committed suicide were buried outside the city; alone and without a headstone.

4. The Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships is an
annual event held in Finland. Contestants compete to know
who can throw a mobile phone the farthest.
The
5. In 1980, a one gigabyte (1gb) hard drive cost $40,000 and
weighed more than 500 pounds.

6. Crocodiles can climb trees.

7. The Dubai Police Force uses several luxurious vehicles
including the Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari FF, Chevrolet
Camaro SS, Mercedes-Benz SLS, Bentley Continental GT , Aston Martin One-77 (limited edition), Ford Mustang GT, Bugatti Veyron , Hummer H3 and the BMW i8.

8. The British Navy uses Britney Spears songs to chase away
Somali pirates. Somali pirates hate western songs and they
can't stand it.

9. In most countries around the world, attempted suicide is
punishable with jail term. In Nigeria, it is punishable with life imprisonment.

10. In 1978, two men stole Charlie Chaplin's body from his grave and demanded for a $600,000 ransom before it could be
released.

11. A bank robber in Virginia was once caught after he posted
pictures of the robbery on Instagram. In his defence, he said
it wasn't a robbery because he added "please" at the end of
the note he gave the teller.

12. Early in the 1900's, Nicolae Minnick: a scientist, hung himself 12 times so that he could experience how it felt like to
commit suicide.

13. The "Red telephone" that connects the US and Russian
governments is neither red nor a telephone. It is a secure
computer link over which emails are sent.

14. In Italy, mirinda is sold as "Slam."

15. Horses can sleep while standing.

16. James Buchanan: the 15th president of the US never
married. His niece: Harriet Lane, served as first lady during
his tenure.

17. There is a city called Batman in Turkey. It is the capital of
Batman province and is located close to the Batman river.

18. The only people who used the first ATM's were prostitutes and gamblers who did not want to meet face to face with the bank tellers.

19. Between 1644 and 1646, England had a “Witchfinder
General." His job was to travel round England in search of
witches and sorcerers.

20. The seed of the othalanga plant (Cerbera odollam), also
called suicide tree, is so poisonous that it is used to make rat
poison.

21. The phone number: 0888-888-888, was banned in Belgium
after all the three people it was issued to died under mysterious circumstances.

22. A group of bird eggs is called a clutch.

23. The term: bunny, is derived from the word "bun" which is an
ancient English word for squirrels and not rabbits.

24. A contractor in Poland was once caught "getting down" with
a vacuum cleaner. When asked what he was doing, he said
he was cleaning his underwear.

25. Josef Stalin's surname was Dzhugashvili before he changed it to Stalin.

26. In the 1980's, the murder rate in Miami, Florida, was so high
that the medical examiner of Dade county rented a refrigirated trailer to keep excess corpses.

27. The "second" arm of clocks used to be called the "second minute."

28. The Republic of Benin* is the shortest independent country in the world. It was created in the then Mid-Western region, Nigeria, by the seccessionist Biafran government on September 19, 1967. It lasted till September 20, 1967, when it was captured by Nigerian troops.

*The Republic of Benin should not be confused with the West African country: Benin Republic, which is also called Republic of Benin. During the Nigerian civil war, Benin Republic was officially known as the Republic of Dahomey.

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dhorlipizzu:

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Mobsync:


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