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A finnish soldier fought for Finland, the Nazis, and the US Army Special Forces. He escaped a POW camp, earned a Bronze Star, Five Purple Hearts and disappeared in Vietnam in 1965.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There are 500 identified plant species depicted in the painting "Primavera" by Boticelli.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Albert Einstein was among the 5,000+ people who signed a petition to overturn Germany's ban on Homosexuality.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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"Otherkin" are people who identify as mythical creatures instead of humans.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2015, a man dressed up as an armored truck driver and tricked Walmart into giving him US$75,000.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After being shot, U.S. President James Garfield was fed through his rectal cavity by his doctors.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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J.D. Salinger started writing "The Catcher in the Rye" after a stint in a mental hospital.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The line "ass so fat" is used in over 140 rap songs.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Jean-Claude Van Damme was once a starving homeless on the streets of Los Angeles.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The flame-shooting guitar in the movie "Mad Max: Fury Road" weighed 132 pounds and shot real flames.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The stickers on fruit are edible.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Sunshine acts like an addictive drug and has a similar effect on the body as heroin, scientists claim.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Elon Musk didn't like his kids' school, so he just opened his own.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The french word "avocat" meansboth "lawyer" and "avocado."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Theophilus Van Kannel invented revolving doors because he hated opening doors for women.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snapchat provokes more jealousy in relationships than Facebook, a study found.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Death row inmates in Texas don't get to pick their last meal.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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LG stands for "Lucky Goldstar," its previous name.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2015, Google dropped their old motto "Don't Be Evil."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Jonah Hill snorted so much fake cocaine while filming "The Wolf of Wall Street" that he got bronchitis.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1990, Stephen Hawking dropped his wife of almost 30 years --who was having an affair-- and took off with his nurse.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The average American teen spends 9 hours a day consuming media.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Kissing a baby on the ear can make it go deaf because of a condition known as "cochlear ear-kiss injury."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Nazis placed a US$5,000 bounty on Einstein's head.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The grave of Karl Marx, advocate of abolishing private property, has an entry fee.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2005, a woman falsely claimed she found a finger in her food at Wendy's. The fast food chain suffered an estimated US$21 million in lost business.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Some prisoners in China were reportedly forced to play World of Warcraft and other games to gather virtual currency for Prison bosses.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Great Pyramid of Giza has 8 sides, not 4.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Actor John Hurt holds the record for dying in more than 40 different movies including Alien, Spaceballs, Hellboy and V for Vendetta.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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