Strange stories

[kmus]

1. In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise money—the prizes were live babies.
2. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
3. Arabic numerals (the ones used in English) were not invented by the Arabs at all – they were actually invented by Indian mathematicians.
4. Soon after building started in 1173, the foundation of the Pisa tower settled unevenly. Construction was stopped, and was continued only a 100 years later. Therefore, the leaning tower was never straight.
5. Ancient Egyptians used slabs of stones as pillows.
6. In developed countries, marriage rates for educated women over the age of 30 drop off steeply. In most cases this isn't because they don't want to be married but rather because educated women are beginning to significantly outnumber educated men. And people rarely marry outside of their educational/social class
7. In the US there are more empty houses than homeless people
8. You have a higher chance of dying on your way to pick up a lottery ticket than you have of actually winning
9. About 1/3 of divorce filings in the US contained the word F*CEBOOK in 2011
10. Happy people are generally more satisfied with their jobs but also tend to earn less than unhappy people

[الميستر حشيشة]

Second one is a bit sad tho
anyway nice topic right there
keep it going

[Makaveli16]

some stories gave me chills !
Thank you for your post ^^