Random Weird Facts

    212 facts tagged with Weird Facts

    In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
    19
    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
    329
    In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
    23
    There is a city called "Batman" in Turkey.
    23
    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
    46
    There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
    1
    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
    257
    Donkey Kong was Mario's pet that he'd abused. Donkey Kong kidnapped Mario's girlfriend as revenge for the mistreatment.
    83