Toronto attorney Garry Hoy (1955 – 1993) fell to his death after he threw himself through the glass wall on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre in order to prove the […]
This Couldn’t Have Been Demonstrated on the Ground Floor?
From the Poison Pen of Robert Quillen
Robert Quillen (1887-1948), the editor of the Fountain Inn Tribune in South Carolina, was known for writing whatever came into his head. Heaven help whomever he was writing about if he was […]
No Awards for Presidential Grammar
H.L. Mencken did not hide his dislike of President Warren G. Harding. He especially loathed Harding’s mangling of the English language and called such utterings “Gamalielese”, in honor of the President’s middle […]
In a Democracy the People Always Get What They Deserve
“As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks […]
Take a Bite Out of Crime
In Vermont, a wife must obtain written permission from her husband before wearing false teeth. source
Good Thing They Didn’t Have Kids
When Moeun Sarim and his wife Vat Navy terminated their 18-year marriage, the divorce settlement called for sawing in two the wooden house they once shared in Cambodia. source
If It’s Sunday, You’d Better Lift That Horse Over Your Shoulder
In Toronto, Canada, it is illegal to drag a dead horse down Yonge Street on a Sunday. source
Fissionable Material and Teenagers… Sound Ominous to Anyone Else?
New Zealand law permits each high school to possess up to one pound of uranium and one pound of thorium for conducting nuclear experiments. Don’t worry…. The law provides for a fine […]
I’m Ignorant, Therefore I’m Not
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
Thomas Sowell
It Goes Without Saying that This Guy Isn’t a Partical Physicist
In September 2012, David Weber, a 53-year-old homeless man from Miami Beach, Florida, broke into a car, stole a credit card and then tried to use it to buy a beer — […]
Here’s One World Record I’m Not Eager to Attempt
The record distance for being dragged by a horse while one’s body is on fire is held by Halapi Roland of Hungary. The record distance is 472.8 meters (1151 feet 2 inches).
Life or Death… Now That’s a Real Gamble
In 1980 a Las Vegas hospital suspended employees for taking bets on when patients would die. source
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