Every weird thing 🌀

In 1980, NASA accidentally launched a manhole cover into space at 125,000 mph during an underground nuclear test, making it potentially the fastest human-made object ever created.

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 killed 21 people when a tank containing 2.3 million gallons burst in Boston

The Unsinkable Sam was a cat who survived the sinking of three different warships during World War II

Scientists discovered a zombie fungus that takes control of carpenter ants' brains and forces them to climb plants before killing them

In Finland, mobile phone throwing is an official sport with world championships and prizes for distance and accuracy

The 1904 Olympic Marathon included a runner who hitchhiked half the race, another who was chased by wild dogs, and one who nearly died from rat poison

A 6-year-old boy in Texas raised $22,000 by walking 30 miles to help his local food bank during COVID-19

Tardigrades can survive in space for 10 days without protection and come back to life after being completely dehydrated for decades

The Dancing Plague of 1518 saw hundreds of people dance themselves to death in Strasbourg over several months

The creator of the TV show Jeopardy! died on the same day a contestant broke the show's all-time winning record

Scientists found a fungus in Oregon that covers 2,400 acres underground and is potentially 8,650 years old

In Japan, there are professional line-standers called 'daikō' who wait in queues for busy people for up to $40 per hour

The fastest recorded sneeze travels at 100 mph and can spread droplets up to 26 feet away from the sneezer

In 1958, the US Army accidentally irradiated an entire town in Tennessee while testing nuclear weapons effects on vegetables

A homeless man in Boston returned a backpack containing $42,000 in cash and the grateful owner gave him an apartment and job

Male seahorses are the only species where males get pregnant and can give birth to 2,000 babies at once

The Bone Wars of the 1870s saw rival paleontologists dynamiting fossil sites to prevent competitors from finding dinosaurs

The Titanic's sister ship Olympic became known as 'Old Reliable' and sailed safely for 24 years before retirement

Archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb containing 20 decapitated skeletons buried with their heads between their legs

In South Korea, there are professional video game mourners who attend funerals in online games and cry for deceased players' characters

The world record for most toilet seats broken by someone's head in one minute is 46, set by Kevin Shelley in 2007

In 1962, a failed NASA rocket launch accidentally created the largest man-made light show visible from 1,000 miles away

A pizza delivery driver in Iowa received a $78,000 tip from 13,000 strangers after they saw him living in a motel

The London Bridge that was sold to Arizona in 1968 was actually the wrong bridge - the buyer thought he was getting Tower Bridge

In 2009, a Japanese man married his Nintendo DS character girlfriend in a $600 ceremony with 40 guests

The Constant Skin Storm

The Temporary Tower

The Unfreezing Element

The Moving Continent

The Upside Down Diners

The Ghost in Your Pocket

Mercury's Time Warp

The Coffee Cam Revolution

The Self-Healing Organ

The Medical Chainsaw

Water's Magic Temperature

The Disappearing Sea

The Professional Sleepers

The Scent of Stone

The Mountain of Mars

The First Text Ever

Bones Beat Steel

Oxford's Ancient Origins

The Lightning Factory

Dolphin Name Tags

The Time Zone Giant

The Attention Crisis

The Densest Matter

The Massive Memory

The Body's Highway System

Diamond Rain on Ice Giants

In 1518, hundreds of people in Strasbourg danced themselves to death in a plague that lasted for months, with some dancing for days without stopping.

The man who voiced Tony the Tiger for 54 years hated sugary cereal and never let his own children eat Frosted Flakes.

Archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman fast food restaurant in Pompeii with intact food still in the pots when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

A man in Germany legally changed his name to incorporate every letter of the alphabet, resulting in a 746-letter first name that takes 20 minutes to pronounce.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds and covered 301.5 feet, achieved by a hen named Sheena in 2014.

Scientists accidentally created glow-in-the-dark cats by inserting jellyfish genes into cat DNA to study genetic diseases, and the cats passed the trait to their kittens.

A 9-year-old boy in Florida started a nonprofit that has provided over 100,000 bag lunches to homeless people using his allowance money.

Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart in ocean currents, and mothers wrap their babies in kelp like blankets.

In 1919, Boston was flooded with 2.3 million gallons of molasses moving at 35 mph, killing 21 people in what became known as the Great Molasses Flood.

The creator of the children's show Mr. Rogers was a Navy SEAL sniper with 25 confirmed kills, which is completely false - he was actually a pacifist minister.

Researchers found a 400-year-old Greenland shark that was alive during Shakespeare's time and is still swimming in Arctic waters today.

A woman in Sweden tried to reduce her carbon footprint by living like it was 1850 for a year, including making soap from ashes and refusing electricity.

The longest hiccupping fit lasted 68 years, with Charles Osborne hiccupping every 1.5 seconds from 1922 until 1990.

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster created a forest where trees can't decompose, so 30 years of dead wood just piles up without rotting.

A homeless veteran in Philadelphia used his last $20 to buy gas for a stranded motorist, and strangers raised $400,000 for him in gratitude.

Male anglerfish are 60 times smaller than females and survive by permanently fusing their body to the female, becoming a living sperm sac.

During the 1904 Olympics, marathon runners were given brandy and strychnine as performance enhancers, and one athlete nearly died from rat poison.

The man who invented the fire hydrant died in a house fire because the nearest fire hydrant was broken and firefighters couldn't get water.

Scientists found a species of fungus that zombifies carpenter ants by taking control of their brains and forcing them to climb plants before exploding their heads to spread spores.

A man in Japan married his pillow in a legal ceremony with 3,000 guests because he fell in love with the anime character printed on it.

The world record for most objects removed from a single person's stomach is 2,533 items including coins, nails, and a live goldfish.

In 1962, NASA accidentally created a rainbow that could be seen from 1,000 miles away when their rocket exploded and released metallic particles into the atmosphere.

A janitor in Chicago secretly paid college tuition for 33 students over 20 years by living in a one-room apartment and saving every penny.

Wombats produce cube-shaped poop and scientists discovered they achieve this by having square-shaped intestines that compress waste into cubes.

In 1932, Australia declared war on emus and lost after the birds destroyed crops and evaded machine gun fire for weeks.

The inventor of the TV dinner never actually ate one because he was disgusted by frozen food and only ate fresh meals.

In 2013, a man in Norway was arrested for attempting to rob a bank with a spoon because he thought guns were too violent.