Yaphank, NY, is a town where certain plots of land required the owners to be of German descent and hosted many German-American Bund rallies. The property rules existed into the 2000s, when they were finally sued under Fair Housing doctrine. The post Yaphank, NY, is a town where certain …. appeared first on Crazy Facts.… Read More »
Tired of teaspoons being stolen from the breakroom, a medical institute conducted a study on the rate of disappearance of the spoons. They concluded that “an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a practical institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons”. The post Tired of teaspoons being stolen…. appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
Anthony Rossi who founded Tropicana Products in 1945 was an Italian immigrant who arrived in the US with $25 and did not know English. He developed an orange juice pasteurization process to allow transport from the factory in Florida to as far away as New York starting in 1970. The post Anthony Rossi who founded… Read More »
Venezuela is named as such as when discovered by Amerigo Vespucci he noted the civilization lived on distinct stilts houses around the ocean which reminded him of Venice, so he named it Venezuola meaning “Little Venice”. The post Venezuela is named as such as when… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
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 »