19 Trivia Tidbits For The Trifecta Tonight

“Reservoir Dogs” was too gory for Wes Craven.

We all know that marriages are sometimes made for love and sometimes for convenience, but did you know that there was a marriage during the Indo-Pak war specifically for espionage purposes? A young Indian girl married a Pakistani Army Officer during the 1971 war in order to gain information from him - and she ended up saving thousands of lives. Wes Craven is one of the masterminds behind some of horror's most iconic films, including A Nightmare On Elm Street. But even he has his limits when it comes to on-screen violence. In fact, he walked out of a screening of Reservoir Dogs because it was too graphic for him. Now, you might think you've heard everything when it comes to childbirth stories, but this next one will blow your mind. In 2016, a baby girl named Lynlee from Lewisville, Texas was born… twice! Pediatric surgeons removed her from the womb to cut out a tumor on her spine before placing her back inside and waiting until she could be born healthy several weeks later.

Socrates wanted Greek homes to be built with solar in mind.

Dennis Holloway

Mao Zedong

BBC

Stockholm tested a lottery that rewarded safe drivers.

Gamification

A Russian ice-breaking ship was used to rescue beluga whales.

Fascinating Earth 

There is a place in Washington only accessible through Canada.

City Lab

A female competitive eater weighed 99 lbs.

SF Gate

The capital of Cyprus is split into two time zones.

Cyprus Mail

There was a portable computer in 1981.

PC World

The Yankees stopped using Liza Minnelli’s version of “New York, New York.”

MentalFloss

A 15-month-old was given alcohol at a Detroit Applebees.

ABC

A baby was born twice in 2016.

BBC

A spy married a Pakistani officer during the Indo-Pak war.

Tribune India

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