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NASCAR Fan Gets Posthumous Spin Around the Track | Weird Facts 2008-03-06 05:05:00 weird factsTALENT, Ore. — Big George Helms had tickets for last weekend's NASCAR
race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but died before he got to use them. He still made it to the track, though.At 6-foot-5 and 400 pounds, Helms wouldn't have been able to fit into a race car. But after his death from a heart attack Dec. 28, loved ones decided to try to fulfill the 54-year-old's dream of participating in a NASCAR race, and arranged for the former logger's ashes to be driven around the track."His friends came up to us during the memorial service and asked us if they could take his ashes to the NASCAR race," said Helms' mother, Dixie Helms. "I said 'He'd love that.'"Driver Mike Harmon taped Helms' urn to the fire extinguisher of his Nationwide Series car during practice last Friday. He told E Read more:Track
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Parents Foil Drinking Party After Checking Daughter's MySpace Page | Weird Facts 2008-03-05 08:00:00 weird factsA children's advocate Monday applauded the actions of two parents who learned of a party their daughter was hosting by monitoring her MySpace
page and then calling police.Marathon County sheriff's deputies issued 29 underage drinking citations Friday night after the town of Wausau couple learned of the party while they were in Minnesota and then subsequently returned to Wausau, according to a Sheriff's Department report.The parents first stopped at the Sheriff's Department at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, spoke with officers and then went home to verify that there indeed was a party. After doing so, they called police back and the father blocked the driveway so no one could leave by car.The deputies arrived, issued the citations and then arrangements were made to give the partygoers, Read more:Daughter
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An Iranian Court Orders a Man to Give His Wife 124,000 Roses | Weird Facts 2008-03-04 10:59:00 weird factsAn Iranian
court has ordered a man to give his wife the 124,000 roses that he promised in her dowry, after she filed a complaint to claim it, reports say.The woman said she was claiming the dowry because her "very stingy husband" would not even pay for a cup of coffee, according to the E'temad newspaper.The court has seized the man's flat until he produces all of the roses.Under Iranian law, a woman can claim her dowry, or mahr, at any time during a marriage or when getting divorced.The gift becomes the property of the wife to do whatever she likes with.It is required in order for the marriage contract and the marriage itself to be valid.According to E'temad, the woman, identified as Hengameh, decided to claim her entire dowry of 124,000 red roses after 10 years of marriage to " Read more:Court
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13 Stupid Ideas That Made Millions of Dollars 2008-03-02 07:46:00 Want to make it big as an entrepreneur? Check out these recent odd and quirky business ideas. P.S. These ideas could not have been too “dumb” as they have all made millions of dollars for the entrepreneurs who started them. For your pooch:Looking for that perfect dogie accessory? How about a stylish custom-designed wig? Wiggles Dog Wigs, the brainchild of Ruth Regina offers a variety of wigs and hair extensions for your dog.Your little friend can also try out of Mungo & Maud’s Petite Amande dog fragrance, there is even a matching shampoo.Finally, for some cool shades, fancy outdoor gear, or jewelry, then check out Doggles. Gift ideas??? Know someone who is hard to shop for? Try one of these specialty items… Does a teddy bear sound too boring? Why not cuddle up with your very ow Read more:Stupid
Weird Facts: Counterfeiters Learn How To Make Fake Ferrari's 2008-02-29 09:09:00 weird factsROME (Reuters) - Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari
cars for a fraction of the real price.Police accused 15 people of building the blood red sports cars and selling them to car fanatics on a budget, most of whom knew they were buying a counterfeit classic.Car body workers who police called "very able" cobbled together mostly fake parts and a few original components. They used body parts from other makes of automobiles, such as chassis, roofs, hoods, trunks and doors.The body parts were modified to look like Ferrari classics such as the 328 Gtb, which went out of production in the late 1980s.Some of the cars sold for about 20,000 eur Read more:Weird
Weird Facts: Vengeful Bride Sues Runaway Groom 2008-02-26 09:42:00 A filipina bride is suing her former fiance after he ran off with another woman before the wedding ceremony had even finished. // weird factsThe couple had nearly finished saying their vows when a woman appeared at the back of the church and shouted that the wedding should stop, the Philippine Star newspaper reported today.The groom - who had been about to say "I do'' - hesitated before walking to the woman and hugging her, and the pair fled in a taxi, the newspaper added.The bride said she had suffered ``irreparable damages'' and had not slept well after the incident in December.She is reportedly seeking 549,630 pesos ($A14,729) in damages.[Via - Speed Dating News]Man Accused Of Taking $2M After Bank Confuses Him With Someone ElseHow deep is your love? Passion phones knowShawn Casey is no Read more:Bride
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Weird Facts: Man Accused Of Taking $2M After Bank Confuses Him With Someone Else 2008-02-21 08:34:00 weird factsNEW YORK -- A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name. Benjamin Lovell was arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges.The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account. He says he was told it was his and he could withdraw the money. Prosecutors said the bank -- which advertises itself as America's Most Convenient Bank -- confused Lovell with a Benjamin Lovell who works for a property management company.The lesser-funded Lovell gave away some of the withdrawn money and blew some of it on gifts, but lost much of it on bad investments, prosecutors said. The district attorney's office did not immediately have information on his Read more:Taking
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Weird Facts: See What It's Like To Have More Money 2008-02-16 10:38:00 weird factsAs part of an insane marketing test, I''m giving away anin-depth Internet "Business-In-A-Box". I should be sellingthis for $497, but...I''m flat out giving it away. Your costis zero... zip... zilch!You probably think I''ve lost my mind - and maybe I have -but just visit this site right now and in 5 minutes you''llhave this awesome $497 Internet business training kitas my gift to you. No kidding!Grab it quick - right now - before I change my mind...Shawn Read more:Money
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Weird Facts: Radio Station Giving Away Free Divorce For Valentine's Day 2008-02-14 08:29:00 weird factsAP) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston radio station is observing Valentine
’s Day with a reminder that Cupid sometimes misses his mark. WKLC-FM, better known as Rock 105, is giving away a free divorce.Valentine’s Day isn’t all hearts and flowers, says WKLC Program Director Jay Nunley. There is a darker side, he said, "where maybe you despise your spouse and resent the entire day."Through 4 p.m. on Thursday, Valentine’s Day, applications for the free divorce will be accepted on the classic rock station’s Web site, The winning name will be drawn at 5 p.m.Nunley cautions that this is a real divorce and people shouldn’t enter if they aren’t serious. Also, people expecting a long, drawn-out legal battle should hire a lawyer because the Rock 105 contest is for a relativel Read more:Giving
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Weird Facts: Moose That Fell Off A Cliff Nearly Squashes Alaska Trooper's Patrol Car 2008-02-13 08:30:00 weird factsAP) Alaska
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s see plenty of hazards, but Trooper Howard Peterson was nearly felled by a new one: falling moose. Peterson was driving Feb. 2 on the Seward Highway south of Anchorage when something big and black fell out of the sky about 20 feet in front of his patrol car. "Falling rock!" he thought, ready to steer clear if it bounced onto the highway.The thing didn't roll or shatter. It turned out to be a moose that fell from cliffs next to the highway.Drivers often see Dall sheep on the cliffs but rarely moose. Peterson estimates the animal fell 150 feet or more.It was windy that night, Peterson said, and a gust may have startled the moose into a fatal fall."They occasionally have bad days like the rest of us," said wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott. "They slip and fal Read more:Cliff
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Weird Facts: Woman Declaired Dead By Mistake ... Twice 2008-02-12 07:27:00 weird factsSUMMIT, N.J. (AP)A 57-year-old New Jersey woman has been declared dead twice in the past year by the Social Security Administration, despite the fact that she is very much alive.Susan Lindsley, who is developmentally disabled and works about 10 hours a week, relies on Social Security income to get by.Two months after the Summit, N.J., resident's husband died, the SSA not only stopped her disability and her widow's benefit payments, but also dipped into her bank account in July to reclaim $7,000.The agency wrote to Lindsley's brother, John Adam of Staten Island, offering condolences on the loss of his sister.The mix-up was cleared up, but two weeks later she was declared dead again. Lindsley's brother had to call eight elected officials for help before she was resurrected once an Read more:Mistake
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Weird Facts: British men pick big TV over sex 2008-02-11 09:21:00 weird factsNearly half of British
men surveyed would give up sex for six months in return for a 50-inch plasma TV, a survey - perhaps unsurprisingly carried out for a firm selling televisions - has found.Electrical retailer Comet surveyed 2,000 Britons, asking them what they would give up for a large television, one of the latest consumer "must-haves".The firm found 47 per cent of men would give up sex for half a year, compared to just over a third of women."It seems that size really does matter more for men than women," the firm said.A quarter of people said they would give up smoking, with roughly the same proportion willing to give up chocolate.[Via - Stuff.Co.Nz]Who Is Shawn Casey ? Is he For Real ?What if you had a gun to your head and had to make a $1000 in 48 hours ?Man Makes Bomb T Read more:Weird
Weird Facts: Man Makes Bomb Threat To Get Beer 2008-02-09 07:33:00 weird factsA Virginia Beach man says he called in a bomb threat to a Target store to get the police away from a grocery store across the street just to rob it of beer!The saga all started Wednesday afternoon when Virginia Beach Emergency Communications got a 911 call from a pay phone in the Birdneck Shopping Center.The caller, 24-year-old Keith Hamrah, told the dispatcher that a bomb had been placed inside the Target store on First Colonial Road. Hamrah said the bomb was set to blow up as soon and there were armed men outside of the store.Police officers and the bomb squad responded to Target and evacuated the building. The Department's Bomb Squad was notified and responded to the scene. They checked out the area and found it to be safe.Two detectives went back to the pay phone Hamrah h Read more:Weird
Weird Facts: How To Build A Successful Million Dollar Business On Hating President Bush 2008-02-05 06:35:00 factsFor three years, a Bush-hating Vermont pipe carver has built a million-dollar business around the digits "01.20.09."On Jan. 20, 2009 -- one year from today -- Elliot Nachwalter and his company, "Bush's Last Day," will have to find new inspiration.That's the day President
George W. Bush leaves the White House."I have a couple little products lined up. Both of them have nothing to do with politics," Nachwalter said. "I'd like to think this time we won't have to do another end-of-term button."First doodled on a dining room table, then slapped onto lapel buttons, "01.20.09" has become wildly popular."It was like a bulb, a light went off," said Nachwalter, who drew it in a fit of pique prompted by Bush's refusal to sign a piece of environmental legislation. "I started giving them out to m Read more:Build
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AeroGarden Review And How To Get One For Free 2008-02-03 04:13:00 I was lamenting about only having frech lettuce, herbs, chives, and tomatoes from may garden during the long fall-winter-spring parts of the year. The refrigerated stuff from the grocery store goes bad right away and does not taste as good as the fresh stuff from the garden, either.ads:Speech TopicsThen I saw a Time Magazine page on the new AeroGrow AeroGarden, and I just had to try it out. After reading the AeroGrow website before making the purchase, I realized that buying one garden would not work for me, as the tomatoes cannot be grown in the same garden as lettuce & herbs. This is partially due to the large amount of room taken up by the tomatoes, and also because the lamp/watering cycle is different and finally because the nutrients are different.So, I bought two gardens, along w
Weird Facts: The $400-A-Bottle Beer 2008-01-31 13:03:00 weird factsCOPENHAGEN, Denmark -- It will take more than a few bucks to buy this bottle of brew.Carlsberg ASA officials said the brewery's new Vintage No. 1 beer is probably the world's best and most expensive.The Danish brewer is charging about $400 for a single bottle of less than a pint. Brewmaster Jens Eiken said only 600 bottles of the beer will be made and most will be sold through three of Copenhagen's most exclusive restaurants. He said more than 50 have already been purchased.Try to find the speech topics you like, play our free typing games, submit your own weird facts or try interesnye fakty if you're russian.The brewmaster said the beer, which weighs in at about 10.5 percent alcohol, is stored in Swedish French oak casks in a special place about 50 feet below Carlsberg's old br Read more:Weird
Weird Facts: Marijuana Vending Machines to Begin Operating in California 2008-01-29 14:08:00 weird factsVending machines distributing the drug marijuana are to begin operating in the US state of California
.The machines can only be used by people who have been prescribed the drug for health reasons.Patients will have to provide a prescription, and be fingerprinted and photographed before being allowed to use the facilities.Eleven US states allow the medicinal use of marijuana, primarily for pain relief, but it remains controversial.Vince Mehdizadeh, owner of the Herbal Nutrition Centre in Los Angeles, where one of the two first machines is based, said it would allow patients to buy extra supplies whenever needed.Series of checksOnce the users have been photographed, fingerprinted and have shown their prescription, they will be issued with a card which can be used in the machines, h Read more:Marijuana
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Weird Facts: Six People Are Locked Up In A Nuclear Bunker [Video Documentary] 2008-01-24 05:51:00 weird factsSix people are taken to a nuclear bunker and subjected to a world without sensory stimulation. Three subjects are left alone in dark, sound-proofed rooms, while the other three are given goggles and foam cuffs as white noise is piped into their ears. Over the 48 hour experiment their brains undergo strange alterations.Watch Now..."Weird
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Weird Facts: What a Jolt! Roommates Get $100,000 Electric Bill 2008-01-23 06:59:00 Vote for the best weird facts hereTAMPA (weird facts) - A Tampa man and his roommate almost had to pay their $100,000 electric bill.Richard Grieshop and Lynda Williams live in a one-bedroom mobile home. Both use wheelchairs and live on fixed incomes.Grieshop says their power was turned off during the holidays. With help from friends and social services, they got it turned back on about two weeks ago.He says he called the Tampa Electric
Co. and was told to pay up or face having his power turned off again.A company spokesman tells WFLA TV that the bill was caused by a system error and that they don't owe that amount.[Via - Sun-Sentinel]10 Videos That Will Change Your Mind About Conspiracy TheoriesWho else wants to get a Free copy of our internet business-in-a-box ?Interesnye Fakty (russian o Read more:Electric Bill
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Gambling Is The Future Of The Internet 2008-01-22 10:46:00 "The day you decide to do it is your lucky day"Japanese proverbAre you new to online gambling? Have you ever spent money on something before? Well, if you want to start now I can help you avoid bad situations and focus on having fun and making money.A recently launched online casino, CasinoRoom.com turned out to be a success story of 2005. Debuting in the world of online gambling with a fair head start of up to $100 sign-up bonus, attractive enough for any player to try an enjoyable game, placing itself among the best rated casinos.CasinoRoom.com draws you into the heart of the very casino from the minute you lay eyes on it and you just can't wait to get started. Even though I'm a regular at this casino, I never tire of this sight.Run by the well respected Ongame Networks, playing at this Read more:Future
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Weird Facts: Sweden To Study Belching Cows 2008-01-22 06:42:00 Tired of bullshit ?! - Post your own weird factsweird facts(AP) A Swedish university has received 3.8 million kronor $590,000) in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.About 20 cows will participate in the project run by the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, about 40 miles north of Stockholm, officials said Monday.Cattle release methane, a greenhouse gas believed to contribute to global warming, when they digest their food. Researchers believe the level of methane released depends on the type of food the eat.Project leader Jan Bertilsson said that the cows involved in the study will have different diets and wear a collar device measuring the methane level in the air around them."This type of research is already being conducted in Can Read more:Study
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Weird Facts: Not Fair! Bank Robber Wins $1 Million Lottery 2008-01-20 07:08:00 Tired of bullshit ?! - Post your own weird factsweird factsBARNSTABLE, Mass. - The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber in Massachusetts who won a $1 million lottery prize.Although he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge says he can keep the money.A lawyer for Timothy Elliott, 55, called the violation minor, and the Massachusetts lottery commission previously said it saw no basis for withdrawing the prize.Barnstable Superior Court Judge Richard Connon approved the probation department's agreement that he could keep the winnings. The only change is that Elliott now must pay a monthly $65 probation supervisory fee, previously waived because he had been indigent.Elliott pleaded guilty in October 2006 to unarmed robbery for a Cape Cod bank heist and was placed on five Read more:Lottery
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Weird Facts: Man Receives Paychecks Five Years After Leaving Job, Pockets $469,000 Before Getting Arrested 2008-01-18 11:05:00 weird facts$469,000 payroll error at a New Jersey company has earned an Illinois man a date with police. Anthony Armatys of Palatine, Ill., was arrested Wednesday on theft charges after allegedly receiving electronic payroll bank deposits from a New Jersey company he never worked for, authorities said.Officials at Avaya Inc., a telecommunications provider located in Basking Ridge, discovered checks had been mistakenly direct deposited into his account for nearly five years, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.Armatys, 34, had accepted a position with Avaya years ago, authorities said, but he rescinded the acceptance before he ever started working. However, a system error resulted in checks being deposited into Armatys' bank account from the fall of 2002 to March of 2007, w Read more:Leaving
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Judges overturn libel verdict over bad review given Irish pizzeria | Weird Facts 2008-03-12 06:25:00 weird factsDUBLIN, Ireland - The decision was bound to leave a bad taste in somebody's mouth.In this case it's the owner of Belfast pizzeria whose unprecedented libel verdict has been overturned by a Northern Ireland appeals court.Owner Ciaran Convery successfully sued a Belfast newspaper over a review
that deemed his Goodfellas restaurant smoky, sloppy and unappetizing.But Northern Ireland Chief Justice Brian Kerr ruled that a Belfast jury erred in law last year when it awarded Convery $50,000 in damages.Kerr said the jury failed to consider whether the reviewer demonstrated malice, and would have been likely to rule in the newspaper's favour if the original trial judge had instructed them correctly.Noel Doran, editors of the Irish
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Oops! Bank Mistakenly Starts Foreclosure Process On Wrong House | Weird Facts 2008-03-10 06:16:00 weird factsKISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A Kissimmee homeowner was in England when he learned a Florida bank had mistakenly started foreclosure proceedings on his house.As it turns out, Denroy Bell didn't even have a mortgage with the bank, Citi-Residential. The bank admitted that it's dealing with so many foreclosures in Central Florida that it made a mistake.Bell's neighbor called him when she saw the locks being changed and the pool empty."It was like the army came up and took over the house," Esther Goshop, a neighbor, said.Bell lives primarily in London and rents out his home when he's not in Florida. He said the bank apologized for the inconvenience.Bell wants the company to pay to clean up the pool and change the locks back.[Via - Passed Out Drunk]13 Stupid Ideas That Made Millions of DollarsM Read more:Foreclosure
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Vegas Man Paints Car Like Police Cruiser... And It's Not Illegal! | Weird Facts 2008-03-13 10:43:00 weird factsLAS VEGAS, N.M. — Jessie Vigil's black-and-white car sports a red-and-blue emergency bar across the top and the word "police" painted on the doors. Vigil, however, isn't a cop. Law enforcement agencies say what he's done with his car isn't illegal as long as he doesn't act like a police officer.He started decorating his 2007 Ford Mustang last summer to look like the police cruiser in the "Transformers" movie because his 7-year-old son, Thomas, was fond of the film."My intent was to re-create the movie car," said Vigil, a 35-year-old disabled veteran from the war in Iraq. "When I came back from Iraq, I tried to spoil him. I wasn't the best dad before."He said he called the district attorney's office beforehand and spoke to Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarri, who tried Read more:Paints
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Norwegian Hospital to Equip Babies With Anti-Theft Alarms | Weird Facts 2008-03-18 07:37:00 weird factsOSLO (AFP) - A Norwegian
hospital said Monday it was planning to equip all newborn babies with anti-theft alarms to protect them from kidnappings and help avoid identity mix-ups."The main reason is that we want to emphasise security," Erik Normann, head of the Akershus University Hospital near Oslo told AFP."There was a period in which Norway experienced several infant kidnappings and that is something we want to avoid," he said. The alarm system consists of two small chips, one attached to a bracelet clasped around the baby's ankle as soon as it is born and the other stuck on the mother's bracelet.When the two chips are separated by a certain distance the alarm is set off. If a woman tries to leave with a baby who is not her own, or if someone tries to rip the bracelet off an i Read more:Alarms
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Oprah show sued over 'seat rush' | Weird Facts 2008-03-23 11:23:00 weird factsA woman has sued the company behind Oprah
Winfrey's TV chat show, claiming she was injured when audience members rushed to find seats at a recording. Orit Greenberg has demanded $50,000 (£25,100) in damages after allegedly being pushed down a flight of stairs.She said this caused her "severe and permanent injuries" and claimed the crowd in the studio was not properly controlled by Harpo Studios staff.The production company declined to comment on her allegations. Harpo Studios told the Associated Press it did not make statements about impending legal cases.Ms Greenberg claimed she was hurt in December 2006 while attending a recording of the programme in the US city of Chicago.Audience members were told to sit wherever they wanted, which led to the rush, according to the legal do Read more:Weird
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