Random Unbelievable Facts

    121 facts tagged with Unbelievable Facts

    The Great Escape
    The Great Escape
    In 1986 federal prisoner Ronald J. McIntosh escaped during a prisoner transfer. A month later he returned in a stolen helicopter and broke out his girlfriend.
    35
    There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
    5
    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
    5
    Man Struck by Lightning 3 times, Then His Gravestone Was Struck
    During his lifetime, a man named Walter Summerford was struck by lightning three times. After his death, his gravestone was also struck.
    49
    In 2011, there were 3 known cases around the world of twins coming from different fathers.
    30
    Reg Spiers
    Reg Spiers
    In 1964, an Australian man successfully posted himself in a crate from London to Perth via air freight, which took a total of three days.
    24
    Mathematical proof that 1+1=2 takes 162 pages to explain in the three volume work “Principia Mathematica”.
    35
    In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
    29