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The head of the Californian Breatharian Institute,
Wiley
Brooks, lost all his followers after he was spotted
by some of his disciples eating a chicken pie in a hotel restaurant. He had taught
his cult members that he had not eaten for nineteen years and lived entirely on
fresh air.
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| Hungarian game hunter Endre
Bascany was shot dead by other hunters because his impersonation of a stag's mating
call was so accurate. |
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| The first female security woman
employed by the Vatican was a nun. Sister Fiorella (Little
Flower) taken on to politely refuse admittance to women wearing miniskirts, see-through
blouses and low-cut sweaters. Church authorities reasoned no one would take issue
with a kindly nun but the good Sister retired in 1971 with a nervous breakdown.
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| Toad-licking
became a popular pastime amongst drug users in Australia
and the US in the late 1980s. The giant cane toad was found to produce a chemical
called bufotenine as a form of defense against its enemies. Humans who licked
its head discovered a hallucinogenic property which had the side effects of vomiting
and diarrhea. |
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| The banjo is the only musical instrument
to have originated in the US. |
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| Princess Anne drives a car that has
a number plate originally used on a milk float in Ealing. |
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| A butcher in Germany
was killed when he was about to slaughter a pig
with a shotgun. The pig raised its trotter in fear and set off the trigger, killing
the man instantly. |
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| A Consumer's Association report
in 1987 claimed over 2,500 people a year need medical help for injuries caused
by deckchairs.
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| Medieval witches drummed
up business by telling women that pregnancy pains were caused by kitten in their
womb. They sold potions to ease the pain. Hence the phrase "to have kittens",
meaning to be anxious or afraid. |
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