Brown - The Giant Book of Shocking Facts

The Giant Book of Shocking Facts

By

John Brown

Kindle Edition

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Published by John Brown at Amazon Kindle

The Giant Book of Shocking Facts

Copyright 2016 by John Brown

Michael Seibert is a pedophile who was busted on Dateline's To Catch a Predator twice in an 8-month span.

Reference: ( http://insidedateline.nbcnews.com/_news/2007/01/29/4374238-a-repeat-predator-in-our-eighth-investigation )

In 2000, the European Council set up an official group called by Committee of Wise Men on the Regulation of European Securities Markets.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Wise_Men_on_the_Regulation_of_European_Securities_Markets )

Fanta originated as a result of difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup into Nazi Germany during World War II due to a trade embargo.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta )

Despite common belief, in every state it is legal to give performance information in a job reference. Many even protect the employer from being sued for defamation.

Reference: ( http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/employee-rights-book/chapter9-6.html )

Steve Crohn was one of the first studied cases of HIV immunity. His immunity was due to a mutation in the CCR5 delta-5 receptor of CD4-t cells, this prevented the virus from "entering" the immune cell. He committed suicide at the age of 66 after most of his friends died from the disease.

Reference: ( http://nymag.com/health/bestdoctors/2014/steve-crohn-aids-2014-6/ )

The Swiss city of Basel has a special team of garbage detectives tasked with finding and fining people that dumped their trash illegally.

Reference: ( http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-04/swiss-garbage-police-irk-foreigners-reeling-after-vote )

A poor and illiterate Irishman called George Thomas travelled to India, worked as a mercenary for Indian Kings and eventually became a King himself, ruling over his own kingdom for a number of years in the districts of Rohtak and Hisar.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thomas_(soldier) )

The international parking sign was invented at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics )

John Tyler, 10 th President of the United States, was actually elected by Virginians to the Confederate Congress. When he died, he became the only President to be buried under the flag of a foreign nation.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler#Post-presidency_and_death )

Kanye West moved to China at age 10 and "quickly picked up the language."

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West#cite_ref-17 )

Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones last year.

Reference: ( http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/15/technology/apple-gold-recycling/ )

The world's largest building, the New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China, houses a full sized mall, university, offices, an IMAX cinema, pirate ship, skating rink, hotels, and a massive water park with slides and a wave pool.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Century_Global_Center )

During the Third Reich, there was a program called Lebensborn, where racially pure women slept with SS officers in the hopes of producing Aryan children. An estimated 20,000 children were born during 12 years.

Reference: ( http://www.historyextra.com/article/feature/woman-who-gave-birth-hitler )

An actress was arrested twice in one week after portraying a criminal on America's Most Wanted.

Reference: ( http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2003/may/01/when-you-star-americas-most-wanted-you-get-paychec/# )

Lauri Trni was a Finn who fought under 3 flags: Finland, Nazi Germany, and finally as one of the original US Army Green Berets in Vietnam.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni )

Although the Triple Crown winning horse American Pharaoh earned just over $8 million racing, he's expected to earn over five times that amount this year alone just for having sex. He earns $200,000 for each session that produces viable offspring, and can mate up to 3 times a day during mating season.

Reference: ( http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/02/american-pharoah-retires-to-stud-job-in-kentucky.html )

Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for voting in the 1872 United States Presidential Election, she never paid the fine.

Reference: ( http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4973 )

This year, a team of researchers transmitted high-speed digital data through slabs of store-bought pork loin and beef liver. The advance is crucial in that it allows a patient to swallow a transmitter to monitor, in real time, implanted devices such as cranial sensors and defibrillators.

Reference: ( http://engineering.illinois.edu/news/article/16408 )

Robert W. Faid, a numerologist and former nuclear engineer, calculated the odds of Mikhail Gorbachev being the Antichrist at 710,609,175,188,282,000 to 1 in his 1988 book Gorbachev! Has the Real Antichrist Come?

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Faid )

Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil was leading the 2004 Athens Men's Olympic Marathon by 30 seconds when he was tackled by a protester, causing him to fall to third place. He was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship in the aftermath.

Reference: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iClz6fB4lo&feature=youtu.be )

Under Hammurabi's Code, the severity of criminal penalties often depended on the identity of both the lawbreaker and the victim. Crimes committed against those of lower social standing resulted in more lenient penalties.

Reference: ( http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-hammurabis-code )

Dashcam footage is only in exceptional cases admissible as evidence in a German court.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashcam#Legality )

While examining brain scans, neuroscientist Dr. James Fallon discovered he is a psychopath. While unknowingly viewing his own brain scan, he said, "It's probably a psychopath... someone who could be a danger to society.

Reference: ( https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/03/how-i-discovered-i-have-the-brain-of-a-psychopath )

Our galaxy's center tastes like raspberries.

Reference: ( https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/apr/21/space-raspberries-amino-acids-astrobiology )

In String Theory, the size of Strings in a hydrogen molecule would be relative in size to the width of human hair to the Milky Way.

Reference: ( http://www.quantumday.com/2011/11/what-is-string-theory.html )

There are systems that automatically milk cows, giving them a pleasant experience while giving them food depending on the amount of milk they yield, automatically discarding unfit milk and disinfecting the cow's utters by gently spraying them afterwards.

Reference: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoWpxWBlMpg )

4 to 10 days after contracting Rabies, a person can become Hydrophobic.

Reference: ( http://chealth.canoe.com/Condition/GetCondition/Rabies )

In 1991, the American Medical Association published a report stating that 5 and 6 year olds could more easily recognize Joe Camel than Mickey Mouse, Fred Flintstone, Bugs Bunny or even Barbie.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_(cigarette) )

The Angel and Devil on the shoulders actually comes from Islam. In Islam, everyone has two angels that sit on each shoulder and they write down the good and bad deeds of that person's life.

Reference: ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiraman_Katibin )

Chicago used to be part of Wisconsin. The state was carved up to give other states access to Great Lakes shorelines and Wisconsin was nearly halved in size.