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Oprah show sued over 'seat rush' | Weird Facts
weird factsA woman has sued the company behind Oprah Winfrey's TV chat show, claiming she was injured when audience members rushed to find seats at a recording. Orit Greenberg has demanded $50,000 (£...
13 Stupid Ideas That Made Millions of Dollars
Want to make it big as an entrepreneur? Check out these recent odd and quirky business ideas. P.S. These ideas could not have been too “dumb” as they have all made millions of dollars for the entr...
Weird Facts: Vengeful Bride Sues Runaway Groom
A filipina bride is suing her former fiance after he ran off with another woman before the wedding ceremony had even finished. // weird factsThe couple had nearly finished saying their vows when a wom...
Weird Facts: See What It's Like To Have More Money
weird factsAs part of an insane marketing test, I''m giving away anin-depth Internet "Business-In-A-Box". I should be sellingthis for $497, but...I''m flat out giving it away. Your costis zero... zip....
Weird Facts: How To Build A Successful Million Dollar Business On Hating President Bush
http://www.bushslastday.com/weird factsFor three years, a Bush-hating Vermont pipe carver has built a million-dollar business around the digits "01.20.09."On Jan. 20, 2009 -- one year from today -- El...
Gambling Is The Future Of The Internet
"The day you decide to do it is your lucky day"Japanese proverbAre you new to online gambling? Have you ever spent money on something before? Well, if you want to start now I can help you avoid bad si...
Weird Facts: Sweden To Study Belching Cows
Tired of bullshit ?! - Post your own weird factsweird facts(AP) A Swedish university has received 3.8 million kronor $590,000) in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belc...
Weird Facts: Not Fair! Bank Robber Wins $1 Million Lottery
weird factsBARNSTABLE, Mass. - The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber in Massachusetts who won a $1 million lottery prize.Although he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge s...
Weird Facts: Man Buys A New Truck With Spare Change He Saved For 13 Years
weird facts(AP) FRANKFORT, Ind. - Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off.Brant, 70, used more than $25,000 in change to help buy a n...
Weird Facts: $83,000 Phone Bill
weird factsTORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian oil-field worker, stunned to get a C$85,000 ($83,700) cell phone bill, has had the charges reduced to C$3,400, but is still fighting them.Piotr Staniaszek, a ...
Weird Facts: 100 million pennies displayed in NYC
weird factsNEW YORK -- One hundred million pennies for your thoughts on the latest display in Rockefeller Center. New York first lady Silda Wall Spitzer joined hundreds of public school children on Mo...
Weird Facts: How To Get Paid For Your Opinion - ePoll.com
weird factsThe E-Poll Market Research Panel was founded in 1997, and has a primary focus on gathering research on consumer attitudes and behavior towards entertainment and media. Members are invited t...
Weird Facts: Santa Claus As Business
weird factsMail By Santa is not a unique business idea, but it just proves a point that you don't have to be a genius to make money online.Children look for reasons to believe. This is what makes thes...
Weird Facts: Bank Tells Man He Owes $211 Trillion
COBB COUNTY, weird facts Ga. -- It’s one thing to bounce a check and it’s another to be so far in the red Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Donald Trump combined couldn’t come close to bailing you o...
Weird Facts: Man Returns Mistaken $2M Check
weird factsSALT LAKE CITY — There are probably a million ways Jerry Mika could spend $2 million dollars. Trouble is, he couldn't cash the check. Expecting a $15 refund from the Utah Department of Co...
Weird Facts: Butterfly Naming Rights Go For 40K
weird factsA butterfly species discovered in a Florida museum has a new name after an anonymous bidder paid $40,800 for naming rights in order to honor a woman who died in 1972.The butterfly's common ...
Weird Facts: Stolen, Dumped, Found, Sold: The Story of a $1m Painting
A painting stolen 20 years ago then found lying in a pile of rubbish on a New York City street has sold at auction for just over $1m (£484,000).The 1970 painting Tres Personajes (Three People) by Mex...
Weird Facts: Hitler's Globe Sold For For $100,000
SAN FRANCISCO weird facts - A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler has sold at auction for $100,000 -- more than five times the expected amount.American soldier John Barsamian found the globe in t...
Weird Facts: The $1000 Bagel
weird facts Now big spenders tired of dropping big bucks on the luxury pie can now wake up to a grand breakfast at the Westin Hotel in Times Square, where Executive Chef Frank Tujague has concocted hi...
Weird Facts: So That's How $100m Looks Like
weird factsYou might like to look at this photograph before filling in your lottery numbers.It's what £100 million looks like in cold, hard cash.The money pile is even bigger because it is in US doll...
Weird Facts: What If You Had A Gun To Your Head And Had To Make $1,000 In 48 Hours or...
What If You Had A Gun To Your Head And Had To Make $1,000 In 48 Hours or Less – How Would You Do It? Here’s EXACTLY How!...
