Daily Archives: August 22, 2021

A sea lion named Rhonda…

A sea lion named Rhonda once escaped from an urban zoo in Providence, RI and was never recovered. She made her way through a few park lakes, traveled over two miles on land, scaled small walls and got to a river that flowed into a bay and eventually the ocean. The post A sea lion… Read More »

While filming Star Wars (1977)…

While filming Star Wars (1977), a prop Sandcrawler located close to the Tunisian-Libyan border caused Libyan dictator Mu’ammar Al-Gaddafi to threaten war against Tunisia because he believed it was a military vehicle. The post While filming Star Wars (1977)… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source

The town of Why, Arizona was…

The town of Why, Arizona was originally known as just “Y” due to the Y-shaped intersection of two roads. It changed its name to “Why” due to an Arizona state law requiring town names to be at least 3 letters long. The post The town of Why, Arizona was… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source