Really Random Crap: Day 2

Well yesterday I promised that I would post some really random facts today, so this is officially Day 2 of 2 of Really Random Crap.

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-Your odds of getting murdered are one in twenty thousand.

-The odds of being killed by a dog are 1 in 700,000.

-The odds of dying in the bathtub are 1 in 1 million.

-The odds of being killed by freezing are 1 in 3 million.

-The odds of being killed by space debris are 1 in 5 billion.

-The odds of being killed by poisoning are 1 in 86,000.

-In England the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

-All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

-The first Halloween card was created in the 1920s.

-No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

-Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

-Vincent Van Gogh only sold 1 painting his whole life and that was to his brother!

-Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

-166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S.

-The odds of being injured by a toilet seat in your lifetime are 1 in 6,500 (LOL I particularly enjoyed this one!!)

**Facts courtesy of www.strange-facts.com

Crazy Lawsuits

Okay so I really didn't know what to write today, but wanted to post something for you all to read...SO here's some really strange lawsuits that have taken place. The info is courtesy of www.strange-facts.com. Tomorrow for your enjoyment, I will post some really random and useless, but interesting facts lol. We shall call this Day 1 of 2 of Really Random Crap!

Enjoy!

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THE PLAINTIFF: Surfer #1

THE DEFENDANT: Surfer #2

WHAT HAPPENED: Two surfers went to court after one allegedly stole the other surfer's wave.

THE VERDICT: The case was dismissed after court officials found it impossible to put a monetary value on the wave.

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THE PLAINTIFF: A California grandmother

THE DEFENDANT: Disney World

WHAT HAPPENED: The grandmother took them to court after she and her grandchildren witnessed Mickey Mouse taking off his costume backstage, causing a "traumatic experience" for her grandchildren.

THE VERDICT: Unknown

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THE PLAINTIFF: Construction worker in Tulsa

THE DEFENDANT: Doctors

WHAT HAPPENED: He intentionally cut his hand off with a circular saw. When he was taken to the emergency room, he told doctors not to reattach the hand, saying that it was possessed. The man is now suing the doctors for not reattaching his hand, claiming that the doctors should have known he was psychotic.

THE VERDICT: Unknown

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THE PLAINTIFF: Donald Drusky

THE DEFENDANT: "God the sovereign ruler of the Universe"

WHAT HAPPENED: In 1999 the 63-year-old Drusky filed suit against God for "taking no corrective action" against an ex-employer who fired him 30 years earlier. He demanded that "God must grant him guitar playing skills and resurrect either his pet pigeon or his mother."

THE VERDICT: Drusky claimed that since God didn't show up for court, he won by default. The judge declared the suit "frivolous."

Did you know??

Did you know that "Listerine was invented in the 19th century as a powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea. But it wasn't a runaway success until the 1920's, when it was pitched as a solution for "chronic halitosis" -- a then obscure medical term for bad breath. In just seven years, the company's revenues rose from $115,000 to more than $8 million." (Levitt, 2005: 91)

Whoa, I know the saying watch what you eat, but that takes brushing your teeth to a whole new level!! Well, if I ever run out of Mr. Clean or Swiffer solution when I'm cleaning my floors, I'll just run up to my washroom and grab some Listerine lol. Then again who am I kidding, my mom cleans the floors hah, but I'll be sure pass the secret along to her. By the way, that's just a short paragraph out of the book 'Freakonomics' I'm reading right now. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a short, interesting read.

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