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A Kansas comedian had a few videos go viral on TikTok, talking about farting on his students and teaching them false facts. The school district told him to take them down, then fired him when he refused to comply. 

If you happen to record hard evidence on your Ring camera of the most life-altering discovery in the history of humankind, between now and November 3, 2023, Ring will give you a million bucks.

In 1986, a pilot bet his copilot that he could land using only the plane’s instruments. He curtained the cockpit’s windows to prove his point, and ended up literally flipping the plane upside down upon landing. He served six years in prison though, so we’re all good now!

Project Habakkuk was a plan to build a World War II aircraft carrier out of pykrete, a mixture of ice and wood pulp. The research and prototyping was becoming too expensive, so the project was canceled. But had it been completed, it would have been 1,969 feet long. For context, the longest ship in the world today is the 1,504-foot Seawise Giant.

IU received $1 million to “explore why some ideas cause viral explosions while others are quickly forgotten,” specifically in the conservative realm of Twitter. QAnon started three years later, so clearly the right people did not learn the right lessons.

When the first KFC opened in China in the 1980s, “finger-lickin’ good” was briefly translated to “eat your fingers off.”

In 17th century Japan, the pinky promise was known as “yubikiri,” or “finger cut-off.” 

Fifteen years after plummeting over a waterfall, Bobby Leach slipped on an orange peel, injured his leg, got an infection, had to get it amputated and died from surgery complications.

According to a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department official, “If Bigfoot did exist, and wasn’t human, then it would (be legal). Bigfoot would be a non-protected wild animal.” 

It was always intended for topical use, but Robert Chesebrough claimed to have eaten a spoonful of his patented goop every day. He did live to 96, though, so what do I know?

In the 1870s, 37 cats were trained to pick up mail and deliver it back to their own homes. One figured it out in about five hours, but the rest took a full day to complete the relatively simple task of going home.

The Guinness World Record holder for biggest collection of celebrity hair kept pestering Armstrong’s barber for a lock, but he repeatedly refused. The barber finally caved in 2004 when he was offered $3,000 for it. Armstrong was pretty pissed when he found out, and sicced his lawyers on the barber.