Ozzy Osbourne has survived decades of drug and alcohol abuse because according to geneticists he has several genetic mutations that “we’ve never seen before” that help him party hard.

Ancient Egyptians used moldy bread as treatment for infected burn wounds, possibly already utilizing the antibiotic effects of molds that was accidently discovered by Alexander Fleming.

Since 2007, an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela, has been re-appropriated by squatters into a vast ‘vertical slum’ which now includes grocery stores, hairdressers, and an unlicensed dentist.

When there is a disputed international border, Google Maps tailors its maps to the claims of each country where the Internet browser is located.

Coca-Cola introduced Tab-Clear to ruin the Crystal Pepsi marketing campaign. Tab-Clear was marketed as an inferior diet drink. This confused consumers into thinking Crystal Pepsi was also an inferior diet drink. Both drinks died within 6 months.

Despite his on-camera demeanor, Johnny Carson was extremely shy off-camera. He was known for avoiding most large parties, and was referred to as “the most private public man who ever lived.”

American steel magnate Charles M Schwab died a pauper with over $300,000 in debt after blowing through a fortune that was worth $500-$800 million dollars today.

There is an annual wife-carrying contest in Finland called Eukankanto, where the reward is the wife’s weight in beer.

Vultures have stomach acid so corrosive that they can even digest anthrax.

There are no living descendants of Abraham Lincoln. His Great-Grandson having died in 1985 with no children.

A college student emailed Steve Jobs complaining that Apple’s Media Department were not replying to her emails for help with a school project. Jobs responded to her by saying “Our goals do not include helping you get a good grade. Sorry” and “Please leave us alone.”

Walt Disney bought his parents a house with a broken furnace which was inadequately fixed by a Studio repairmen, causing his mother to die of asphyxiation.

Adult Luna moths have no mouths. They live off the energy they stored as a caterpillar.

Bill Nye owns several patents, including one for ballet shoes and another for a clear plastic bag filled with water.

Dobri Dobrev was a 99-year-old panhandler in Bulgaria who gives all of the money he collects to local orphanages, once giving over $24,000 in a single donation.

There is a rare breed of chicken where the entire chicken is solid black. The meat, skin, organs, bones, bone marrow, tongue, and eyes are all solid black. This Ayam Cemani Chicken of Indonesia costs around $2,500!

It was reported in 2002 that Warner Brothers Pictures had secured the rights for a live-action Johnny Bravo feature film “as a potential starring vehicle for Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.” However, by 2015, no further developments regarding this project had been announced.

Dogs have a branch of nerves in their ears and when you rub them it releases endorphins, making them extremely relaxed with a type of natural high.

People with red hair are more sensitive to thermal pain, are less sensitive to electrically induced pain, and require larger amounts of anesthetics than people without red hair due to a mutation in their melanocortin 1 receptor.

Rather than building up, millionaires in central London are building down, creating mega-basements. These are nicknamed “iceberg homes” because there is more square footage under the ground than above.

When the Confederate Army was low on gunpowder, bat caves were raided for poop. Bat guano’s high nitrate content provided a key ingredient for the production of gunpowder.

James Blunt sings the first line “My life is brilliant” of “You’re Beautiful” twice in the beginning of the song because he mistimed it. It was left in the final recordings.

Beer is the world’s 3rd most popular drink, after water and tea.

Alton Brown, host of Food Network’s “Good Eats” was originally a cinematographer. He shot the video for R.E.M’s “The One I Love,” among others. He also didn’t attend culinary school until after deciding to start a cooking show.

During the Battle of Stalingrad, Soviet forces held a single apartment building for 60 days against daily German assaults. The building was transformed into a fortress, with 4 layers of barbed wire, minefields, and a machinegun in nearly every window.

In Star Wars, the Jedi aren’t necessarily the good guys, and the Sith aren’t necessarily the villains. They simply have competing ideas about how to use the force.

After he was accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trial, Giles Corey was subjected to “pressing.” He was stripped naked and weight was added to a heavy plank on his chest to force him to plead innocent or guilty. Each time he was asked to make his plea, he said “more weight” and was eventually crushed to death.

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr got into such a heated discussion on a street car once that they missed their stop, and missed it again on their way back to catch it.

David Copperfield has so far sold 40 million tickets and grossed over $4 billion, which is more than any other solo entertainer in history.

Alexander the Great once held a drinking contest among his soldiers. When it was over, 42 people had died from alcohol poisoning.