1Black and White Twins A mixed-race British mom, Kylie Hodgson, gave birth in 2005 to twins, one of each — one black, the other white. The odds of such a birth are about a million to one, experts said. Although occurrences of this nature sometimes occur when a woman conceives twins fathered by two different …
Success weight loss stories: From a man who lost almost 1000 pounds to another who started a cross country walk to lose weight. 1Manuel Uribe: Lost almost 1000 pounds One of the most heartwarming diet, health, and weight loss stories that has been ongoing since January 2006 is the effort being undertaken by former half-ton …
1Family sued Oliver Stone and Warner Brothers for crime inspired on their movie In 1996, the family of Patsy Ann Byers sued Oliver Stone, Warner Brothers, and others involved in the making and distribution of the movie “Natural Born Killers” for an unspecified amount. The frivolous lawsuit claimed that the movie caused Sarah Edmondson and …
1The Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in history, only 40 minutes long Fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27 August 1896, the conflict lasted approximately 40 minutes, making it the shortest war in history. The immediate cause of the war was the death of the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini and the subsequent …
1The Conqueror (1956): the radioactive set that caused cancer to John Wayne and 90 more Of the 220 persons who worked on The Conqueror on its location near Utah in 1955, 91 had contracted cancer as of the early 1980s and 46 died of it, including stars John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and director …
1Dumb and Dumber: Bandits rob a bank, pose with loot, get arrested Grinning stupidly for the camera and brandishing the proceeds of their ham-fisted raid, two Australian bank robbers demonstrate why they earned themselves the nicknames “Dumb and Dumber.”Anthony Prince, 20, and Luke Carroll, 19, were jailed last month after pleading guilty to the bungled …
We’re all going to die anyway, so at least do it like a man. Meet ten manliest ways to die. 1Steve Irwin: Impaled by a Stingray Is it even possible to start a manly list about anything without the Crocodile Hunter?Steve died as manly as possible on 2006, while filming a documentary entitled “Ocean’s Deadliest” …
1Star Wars Wedding: I Declare You Mon Calamari and Wife! Do you take this Mon Calamari to be your husband?There are Star Wars fan wedding, then there are hardcore Star Wars fan wedding! This one was documented by photographer Justin Winokur, undoubtedly one of the best Star Wars wedding ever. 2First Wedding Officiated by a …
1El Colacho: the Baby-Jumping Festival (Spain) In celebration of the Catholic festival of Corpus Christi, grown men leap over newborns, with full parental consent. Donning scary, vaguely Elvis-like costumes and wielding whips and truncheons, the men attempt to “cleanse” the babies of evil. Evidently, recklessly leaping over them is the best way to achieve this.The …
1He escaped from a derailed train, a door-less plane, a bus crash, a car into flames, another 2 car accidents… then won a million dollar lottery Here’s the story of how the world’s unluckiest man turned his fate upside down.Frane Selak, born in 1929, is a Croatian music teacher who used to be famous for …