The recently bankrupted city of Detroit temporarily stopped printing death certificates in 2013 because it ran out of the specially embossed paper and the supplier wouldn’t take credit anymore.
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when ivan the terribles son dmitri died a bell
When Ivan the Terrible’s son Dmitri died, a bell was rung in Uglich to mark the death. The bell was later lashed, tried for treason, found guilty and exiled to Siberia.
Source: http://nicholaskotar.com/2017/05/30/curse-prince-dmitry-uglich/
the singular of spaghetti is spaghetto
The singular of spaghetti is spaghetto.
Source: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/spaghetto-singular-for-spaghetti
a new study found that california has a mini
A new study found that California has a mini earthquake (less than a magnitude of 1 on the Richter scale) roughly once every three minutes.
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/04/every-three-minutes-one-earthquake-california/
henry viii built his servants a 14 seat toilet by
Henry VIII built his servants a 14 seat toilet by the river Thames at Hampton Court called ‘The Great House Of Easement’.
oxford university has been operating since 1249
Oxford University has been operating since (~1249 AD) before the founding of the Aztec Empire (1325 AD), and it’s not even the oldest known university (India’s Nalanda University was around for hundreds of year beforehand).
there are at least 100 men that have been
There are at least 100 men that have been medically diagnosed with two penises. The medical condition known as Diphallia occurs in 1 in ~5.5 million baby boys.
in 1938 singer frank sinatra was arrested for
In 1938, singer Frank Sinatra was arrested for seduction (the act of a man enticing,without the use of physical force, a previously chaste/unmarried woman to consent to sexual intercourse). The charge was later dropped after the woman revealed she was married.
Source: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2008/07/20/554172/-Frank-Sinatra-busted-for-seduction
while on his honeymoon in 1825 british geologist
While on his honeymoon in 1825, British geologist William Buckland inspected and identified the bones at the shrine of St. Rosalia in Palermo, Italy as goat bones and not the bones of an adult female. The goat bones are still on display today.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/jmbwzg/the-weird-and-fraudulent-world-of-catholic-relics-456