After investigating a possible hack into the Verizon infrastructure, they found that one of their developers had outsourced his job to a Chinese development firm. The firm did such an outstanding job that the developer was widely considered the best developer at Verizon. Bob had hired a programming firm in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang to do his work. His helpers half a world away worked overnight on a schedule imitating an average 9-to-5 workday in the United States. He paid them one-fifth of his six-figure salary, according to Verizon. And over the past several years, Bob received excellent performance reviews of his “clean, well written” coding. He had even been noted as “the best developer in the building.” A forensic image of Bob’s workstation revealed his true work habits and typical day: 9:00 a.m. — Get to work, surf Reddit, watch cat videos 11:30 a.m. — Lunch 1:00 p.m. — Ebay 2:00 p.m or so — Facebook and LinkedIn 4:30 p.m. — Send end-of-day e-mail update to management 5:00 p.m. — Go home

A 30-year-old elephant named Ben sought help at a safari lodge after being shot by poachers. The elephant waited patiently near the lodge for the 6 hours it took for a vet to fly in and dress his 3 bullet wounds.

The Better Business Bureau is not run by the government, but is a non-profit company that made 200 million USD in 2013.

A Catholic Priest in Brazil tried to raise money for charity by taking to the sky strapped to a chair and 1,000 helium balloons, got to 20,000 feet and then realized he didn’t know how to use his GPS, went missing, and two months later was found dead 100km out to sea.

During WWI, the word “fuck” was used so often, it was considered noteworthy when someone didn’t use it. E.g., “Get your fucking rifles,” was considered routine, whereas “Get your rifles,” implied urgency and danger.

NHL player Jack Johnson made his mother the power of attorney when he turned pro. His parents proceeded to spend all his money and live a lavish lifestyle. Being oblivious to this he tried hiring agents and advisors to help manage his money but his mother would always fire them. Jack Johnson’s financial troubles came to light in November, when the Columbus Dispatch revealed that the Blue Jackets defenseman had filed for bankruptcy after his parents—who had been in control of his money since 2008—created eight figures’ worth of debt for him. But it wasn’t just poor management: according to a source close to both Johnson and his family, his parents knew exactly what they were doing from the very beginning.

When child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents.” Coogan’s Bill was passed to protect child actors

Charlie Chaplin openly pleaded against fascism, war, capitalism, and WMDs in his movies. He was slandered by the FBI & banned from the USA in ’52. Offered an Honorary Academy award in ’72, he hesitantly returned & received a 12-minute standing ovation; the longest in the Academy’s history.

McDonalds intentionally created exactly four different shapes for chicken nuggets. According to the company, “three would’ve been too few. Five would’ve been, like, wacky.” The reason why they are all a standard shape and size is to ensure consistent cooking times for food safety in all McDonald’s restaurants, the company wrote on its Q&A page.

A framed photo of a 4chan post sold for $90,900 on Ebay. The post read: “Art used to be something to cherish / Now literally anything could be art/This post is art”

“Project Sound” A car suspension system by Bose. Over-engineered to the point of being deemed unviable commercially, it outperformed everything on the market

The highest paid state employee in the USA is Jim Harbaugh, the Michigan football team head coach, making $9 million a year

Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire and CEO of Facebook, puts tape over his webcam. FBI director James Comey also tapes over his webcam and the American digital rights group EFF sells webcam stickers.

A local fisherman in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had being shot in the head, and released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered “Pocho” had followed him home and was sleeping on the mans porch. For 20 years Pocho became part of the mans family. Horrocks speculated in his documentary that the gunshot wound to Pocho’s head might have damaged the crocodile’s brain, whereby the usual instinctive behavior of the crocodile changed as a result, allowing the crocodile to be susceptible to human emotions when it was rescued from near death.