Top Unbelievable Facts

121 facts tagged with Unbelievable Facts

Nuclear Survivor

In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.

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There is a man who claims to have travelled to an alternate dimension in which The Beatles never broke up and brought back a mix tape of Beatles songs no one in this dimension has ever heard.

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197 - 256 Year Old Man

There was a man named Li Ching-Yuen, a Chinese herbalist and martial artist, who allegedly lived 197 - 256 years. There's even an official document from the Chinese government congratulating him on his 150th birthday in 1827.

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33,000 Ft Fall Survivor

In 1972, Vesna Vulovic, a flight attendant, fell 33,000 feet in an aircraft explosion and survived. She now holds the Guinness world record for highest freefall without a parachute.

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Atacama Skeleton

In 2003, the skeletal remains of a human that measured 6 inches in length were found in a Chilean ghost town. A definite explanation for its size, mutations, and origin has yet to be found.

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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.

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Drunk Pig

According to news reports, a feral pig in Australia drank 18 cans of beer, brawled with a cow, and then passed out under a tree.

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Dmitry Argakov

A man named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0% interest which the bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract and won.

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