20 Things We Were Pleased To Learn, Forgive Us, We're Sick
The following is a list of some very strange facts that will definitely leave you feeling a bit stupefied and maybe even a little bit amused. The intention here is to enjoy this list of interesting facts to the fullest, as one might enjoy a good joke or an entertaining anecdote. But enjoy this list of interesting facts only if you are ready for it to be funny and only if you are ready to learn new things. If you are not in the mood for laughing and learning, then perhaps you should go ahead and skip this page and read the rest of the book in silence. I won't blame you. In fact, I would advise you to do exactly that. Skip to the next page, read it, and laugh all you want. But if you are reading this book with a mind open to learning and a heart ready to appreciate humor, then keep on reading and have fun. Here goes the list…
Auto, tire and oil companies dismantled the largest electric rail system in the world.
New York City is not the location of the “Hey Arnold!” TV show.
A fake Chinese bank operated for a year and stole millions of dollars from customers.
There was a Christmas Day truce in WWI.
A politician asked the media to follow him around to prove he wasn’t a womanizer.
Doritos started as the stale leftovers from Disney vendors.
A Qur’an was handwritten in Hussein’s blood.
A 100 foot deep flood killed 20,000 villagers after a volcano erupted.
Skin cells call white blood cells to kill them before they turn cancerous.
The Church of Scientology has a base guarded by snipers.
You will never see a bin being emptied in Disneyland.
Dogs can get testicle implants.
Disney World eliminates all of its mosquitoes.
Authentic Nazi uniforms were used in ‘Indiana Jones.’
Men would debate once while drunk and once sober in ancient Persia.
South Korea has its own way of calculating age.
Uranus was discovered before Antarctica.
Some cities in Europe have self-cleaning public bathrooms.
There used to be 4 billion American chestnut trees.
Modern head lice are descended from gorilla lice.
