20 Get-Em-While-They’re-Hot Facts That Really Preheated Our Ovens

We’ll never be as cool as the French director that dueled a film critic with fencing sabres.

As humans, we enjoy this list of interesting facts for their inherent entertainment value. Some of the facts are absolutely ridiculous. Some are so weird that we don't even know where to begin. But we'll get there. First, let's begin with a question: what is a fact? You may say that something is a fact when it is indisputable and has been verified through scientific means, or it is an established historical fact, or maybe you'll claim that a fact is something that is undeniably true, but what does that even mean? How do we decide what is true and what is false? Is it all about what we enjoy, or is it about the objective truth of what happened in the past? Is it about our beliefs? Is it about our feelings? Is it about our needs? Is it about our desires? Now, I know that a lot of people are going to think that the following list of facts is ridiculous and unbelievable, and perhaps they're right.

The US was unsuccessful in segregating English pubs.

BBC

“Scarface” was edited to get an R rating, and then those edits were reversed.

CBR

Judge and Jury

BBC

The Church of Scientology was sent thousands of all-black faxes to use up their ink.

New Yorker

A shroud made from cannabis was used in a tomb from 400 BCE.

NPR

North Koreans watch South Korean TV in secret thanks to an analog broadcast.

RFA

The largest non-nuclear explosion started with a cigarette.

Local

The $16 paid for Manhattan would be more than enough to buy it back, if invested.

Saving Advice

The Oxygen catastrophe killed most life on Earth 2.5 billion years ago.

NCBI

Parents of the last WWI POW accepted a con man as their missing son.

Museum of Hoaxes

A French director dueled a film critic with fencing sabres.

Le Duel

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