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Dublin whiskey fire. In 1875, a whiskey brewery warehouse in Dublin caught fire leading to the deaths of 13 people—not from the fire, but from alcohol poisoning as they drank free, undiluted whiskey from the streets. Johann Georg August Galletti. The early-19th-century master of the bizarre turn of phrase.
One of the shortest-lived states in history, it was independent for only seven hours (07:00 to 14:00 on 19 September 1967). Socotra: A Yemeni island that is geographically part of Africa, and is known as "the most alien-looking place on Earth" due to its strange flora. This includes the "dragon blood tree" and a tree which produces cucumbers.
Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars – Occasionally, Wikipedians get into edit wars over the most petty things. Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create. Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man. Wikipedia:Silly Things/Wikipedia's article on George W. Bush.
Noel Botham (23 January 1940 – 23 November 2012) was a British tabloid journalist and prolific author.. He wrote books on the love-life of Princess Margaret (Margaret: The Untold Story and Margaret: The Last Real Princess) and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales (The Murder of Princess Diana), as well a series of books of obscure facts with the theme of "Useless Information", some of which ...
These trivial facts, however, can be fun to share even if they don't have a purpose. One curious user on Reddit asked the community what their favorite useless fact is, and the answers are pretty ...
Ballpoint pen, felt tip pen, brush pen. Calligraphy; ink drawing; personal preference; acting and historical re-enacting. Fountain pens in particular maintain use as fairly standard writing implements, and are in a state of co-existence, rather than of obsolescence, despite reduced usage. Sundial. Clock.
In the acknowledgements for the book, Symons says: "For the past twenty years, I've been collecting weird and wonderful facts, which I've been storing on bits of paper and, more recently, on my computer. Every few years I'll use some of it in a book or a newspaper series, but it's always been my ambition to be able to put together the most ...
List of cognitive biases. Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm and/or rationality in judgment. They are often studied in psychology, sociology and behavioral economics. [ 1] Although the reality of most of these biases is confirmed by reproducible research, [ 2][ 3] there are often controversies about how to classify ...