After announcing the discontinuation of the SEGA Dreamcast in 2001, the price was reduced to as low as $49.95. Japanese businessman Isao Okawa forgave SEGA’s debt of $500 million prior to his death and returned $695 million worth of SEGA stock helping the company survive. The post After announcing the discontinuation… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
Actress Veronica Lake started a popular peek-a-boo hair trend. Women wearing this hairstyle while working in factories during WW2 were getting their hair caught in machinery. The US government asked Lake to her influential hairstyle to something more modest and she complied. The post Actress Veronica Lake started… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
The statistic that more people are killed by falling coconuts than by shark attacks is an urban legend, that gained momentum when in 2002 the director of the International Shark Attack File, falsely claimed that falling coconuts kill 150 people each year, compared 5 shark attack deaths. The post The statistic that more people… appeared… Read More »
In 1996 a physicist submitted a paper full of word salad and gibberish to a postmodernist journal and it actually passed peer review and was published. This is known as the Sokal Affair. “feminist and poststructuralist critiques have demystified the substantive content of mainstream Western scientific practice, revealing the ideology of domination concealed behind the… Read More »
In the 50s and 60s both American and Soviet films were banned in Yugoslavia, so instead they imported films from Mexico, who were going through their cinematic golden age. This created a Mexican craze in Yugoslavia where Yugoslav singers would dress like mariachis, sing songs in a Mexican style. The post In the 50s and… Read More »
The US provided Laos with funds and concrete to expand an airport which could serve as a base for US fighter jets during the Vietnam War. But as the funds and concrete arrived before any contract was signed, Laos decided instead to build a memorial to soldiers who died in World War II. The post… Read More »
Koalas refuse to eat anything but Eucalyptus, a mildly toxic plant that gives them almost no energy, which is why they sleep so much. Also, if you stripped the tree and put it on a plate, the koala would stare at it and starve because it can’t recognize it as food. The post Koalas refuse… Read More »