Gregory Marks

There are exactly 3 known endemic invertebrate species found w/in the Pacific trash vortex: 1. Great Pacific Garbage Patch Water Flea (Daphnia quisquiliae) 2. Long Neck Pepsi Bottle Barnacle (Pollicipes bebsis) 3. 'Thank You' Bag-Mimicking Siphonophore (Physalia grates)

The euphemism “rat-arsed” — meaning “being really drunk” — comes from when English soldiers in WW2 would go get wastee in the bar below a liberated town hall or, in German, a “rathaus”.

The Colombian government had to track down and kill dozens of hippopotamuses that were born of the couple that drug lord Pablo Escobar had in his private zoo.

Socrates didnt really exist

Heather Mills McCartney owns the royalty rights to the reggae breakdown in 'Live and Let Die'

The state of Mississippi has produced more Rhodes Scholars than any other state in the U.S.

In October 1998 a couple in Iowa purchased "rapture insurance", fearing that the coming millennia signaled the start of the end times. When nothing happened the husband went into hiding to get the payout but was found by the police.

Humans and moles are the only mammals that cannot swallow and vocalize at the same time.

Henry Ford hated jazz and helped fund square dancing in public schools