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Shocking Fact: Did You Know That Breakdance Was Invented By Soviet Army ? [Video Proof]
Here is an amazing video, showing some cool moves :-) The video is more than 50 years old actually!Still have some doubts ? There is even a battle in the middleJust enjoy the video, this really is something )...
Weird Facts - Man Charged With Killing Hawk To Help Squirrel
VIENNA, Va. -- For a Virginia doctor, squirrels are a man's best friend, too. Thomas Shepler, a hand surgeon, shot a hawk to death in his backyard when he said the bird was eyeing a young squirrel that he and his wife had helped raise.Shepler, 65, sa...
Ark. man left the phone at a McDonald's; he's now suing for $3 million. Guess why?
Here's some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it.Phillip Sherman of Arkansas learned that lesson after he left his phone behind at a McDonald's restaurant and the photos ended up online. Now he and h...
Stick added to the National Toy Hall of Fame - Weird Facts
weird factsThe lowly stick, a universal plaything powered by a child's imagination, landed in the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with the Baby Doll and the skateboard.The three were chosen to join the Strong National Museum of Play's lin...
Weird Facts: In the 1990s, your family came for dinner. Now they're moving in.
weird factsLink of the day - Who is Shawn Casey? Is He For Real?The number of parents, siblings and other relatives who live with adult heads of households grew 42% from 2000 to 2007, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.Leadi...
Scientists to use satellites to count kangaroo rats | Weird facts
Link of the day - Who Is Shawn Casey? Is He For Real?FRESNO, Calif. — Scientists plan to use satellite photos to count Giant Kangaroo Rats, the first-ever monitoring of an endangered species from outer space.Scientists will examine images taken fr...
Weird Facts: Slovakia's women's ice hockey pummels Bulgaria 82-0
Link of the day - Free Lessons From Internet Millionaire!weird factsBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia's women's ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in Olympic qualifying.Slovakia...
Weird Facts: Help-wanted ad for nanny: `My kids are a pain'
Link of the day - Who Is Shawn Casey? Is He For Real?weird factsNEW YORK (AP) - It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain." But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never been a nanny bef...
Gunshot victim sues to get prosthetic leg back | Weird Facts
ALLIANCE, Neb. - After being shot five times last weekend, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors. The Box Butte County Attorney's office gave Val McCabe's leg back Wednesday after a judge ordered it...
Weird facts: Nigerian man to divorce 82 wives
link of a day - Top 10 Amazing eCards for Freeweird factsA Nigerian religious leader with 86 wives has accepted an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four of them, local authorities say.A spokesman for the emir of Bida told the BBC that M...
Kentucky politician jailed after joke | Weird Facts
link of a day - Now you can send eCards for FREE!weird facts - Politicians are known for lame jokes. But when Otis "Bullman" Hensley tried a generations-old Appalachian jest on a woman and two girls at the grocery store, the family thought it was dow...
Amtrak train runs out of fuel, 80 passengers stranded for 2 hours
link of a day - Meet Sexy Girls In Your Areaweird factsSAN DIEGO - It was the little engine that couldn't - because it was thirsty for fuel.Officials say a planned quick train trip down the U.S. west coast turned into a long haul for more than 80 Amt...
Baby whale seems to think yacht is its mother | weird facts
link of a day - A Blog Of A Guy Who Created His Own Macbook Coverweird factsSYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A lost humpback whale calf that bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother will likely die within days if it doesn't find another mother to...
Illinois sheriff does jail time - voluntarily | Weird Facts
weird factsWAUKEGAN, Ill. - The Lake County sheriff is behind bars — voluntarily.Sheriff Mark Curran said his goal is to talk to inmates so he can see the jail from their perspective. That way he can try to solve potential problems, such as safety ...
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake | Weird Facts
weird factsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death.A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his thr...
UK: Two drunk Russian pilots arrested | Weird Facts
link of a day - Meet Sexy Girls in Your Areaweird factsTwo Russian pilots who were about to fly a Boeing 767 were arrested at Manchester Airport early today on suspicion they were drunk.The pair were picked up as they prepared to get in to a 200-tonn...
The Brit women cop who worked as 100 pounds-an-hour hooker! | Weird Facts
link of a day - The hottest place to hook upweird factsLondon, Aug 14 ANI: A Brit female cop has been suspended after her colleagues found that she was working as a hooker.The 28-year-old serving officer was arrested, along with eight women and six m...
Weird facts - Debate coaches lose cool, 1 pulls down his pants
link of a day - Who is Shawn Casey? Is He For real?weird factsKANSAS CITY, Mo. - An argument between two debate coaches that was caught on video was not the sharp-witted dialogue typically associated with college debate teams. Instead, the two traded...
Weird Facts - Sweet Home Alabama...England?
link of a day - Who is Shawn Casey? Is He For real?weird factsLONDON (Reuters) - Council chiefs in Birmingham were left red-faced when they mistakenly used a picture of their U.S. namesake in Alabama on thousands of official leaflets.Pamphlets about ...
R.I. man finds cocaine in used police cruiser | Weird Facts
link of a day - Who is Shawn Casey? Is He For real?weird facts — A Burrillville town councilor got more than he bargained for when he bought a used police cruiser at auction. Kevin Blais bought the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria in an online auction from...
Flu poses greater risk than terrorism | Weird Facts
link of a day - Used Vintage Cars - The Advantages For Future Collectorsweird factsA flu pandemic poses greater threat to Britain than terrorism, government risk assessment to warnNational Risk Register illustration of the "high consequence risks" fa...
Weird facts: Police reopen 7,000 cases after DNA error
link of a day - The hottest place to hook upweird factsCANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian police will re-examine 7,000 crimes solved through DNA evidence after a mistake forced detectives to free a suspect wrongly accused of murder.Police in the souther...
weird facts: Homeowners use sign to declare neighborhood 'No Ho Zone'
weird factsFLINT, Michigan -- Fed up with prostitution, one Flint couple posted a sign declaring their neighborhood a "No Ho Zone."Sherrie Lynn and Russ Palmer posted the mantra on a sign outside their home at corner of Court and Hazelton streets aft...
Hanks hires armed guard to watch builder | weird facts
weird factsTom Hanks' feud with an Idaho builder is continuing to cause tension between the two parties, after the Hollywood actor hired an armed guard to keep an eye on the contractor.The 'Castaway' star and his wife Rita Wilson recently lost an att...
McDonald's Tests Changes | weird facts
weird facts - McDonald's Corp. is testing modifications to its popular $1 double cheeseburger, and higher prices for the sandwich, as it prepares to change its Dollar Menu by next year.In an interview, Don Thompson, president of McDonald's U.S. busin...
Police ban pets used to 'pick up women' | weird facts
weird factsSAUDI Arabia's religious police have banned selling cats and dogs or exercising them in public in the Saudi capital, because of men using them as a means of making passes at women.Othman al-Othman, head of the Commission for the Promotion ...
$5 million doorman fired from his day job | weird facts
weird factsNEW YORK - A New York City doorman who kept his day job at an exclusive Park Avenue apartment building after winning a $5 million lottery has been shown the door.Kate Ferranti, a spokesman for the union representing apartment building work...
The cubicle turns 40 this month | Weird Facts
weird factsGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The oft-derided "cubicle" is turning 40 years old this month.The open-office style was originally known as the "Action Office," and was introduced by West Michigan's Herman Miller Company in 1968. Bill Crooks was one...
Cops arrest woman in alleged restaurant rat scheme | weird facts
link of the day - Be Part of the Most Watched Reality TV Talent Showweird factsAPPLETON, Wis. - Appleton police have arrested a woman for allegedly bringing a rat into an upscale restaurant, claiming it was in her meal and then seeking $500,000 to ke...
Man sells soul for $3,800 ... to a pizza joint | Weird Facts
link of the day - Spice up your lifeweird factsWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand man has sold his soul to hell -- Hell Pizza, that is.The New Zealand pizza chain said Thursday it had struck a deal with Walter Scott, 24, to buy a deed to h...
