Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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