25 Perfectly Good Bits of Trivia We Found on Top of a Full Garbage Can

We cherry-picked these facts out of a myth-filled trash heap
25 Perfectly Good Bits of Trivia We Found on Top of a Full Garbage Can

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: As long as you wear those long yellow rubber gloves, picking perfectly good truths out of a mucky old myth pile isn’t gross! So you can call us myth dumpster divers all you want, but when you see these pristine little truths, you won’t care where they came from.

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Judging by the pictures of the dorm, maybe displacement is a blessing in disguise.

WEIRD WORLD 22 people were displaced after a BYU student made rocket fuel in his dorm. The unnamed resident had been making homemade rocket fuel on their stove when the volatile mixture suddenly exploded into a fireball. The flames engulfed the walls and ceiling and set off the sprinkler system, flooding the living room that for some reason has a toilet.y

Source: CBS  

Grenades

WEIRD WORLD A grenade was found among the potatoes on a chip factory conveyor belt. The WWII era grenade, which has since been confirmed as being a training grenade which didn't contain explosives, is believed to have been dug up during harvesting on a farm in Matamata. CRACKED.COM

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Boys face criminal charges for vicious silly string attack.

WEIRD WORLD 2 Florida boys were accused of battery for spraying silly string. The two juveniles have a notice to appear in court after the parents of the silly string victims want to press charges for the shenanigans that happened at an ice cream shop in Cape Coral. CRACKED.COM

Source: News Press

WEIRD WORLD A roving bull temporarily shut down traffic on California's 15 Freeway. As an official tweet described the situation, All lanes blocked due to a loose cow. Unknown duration of when the animal will stop eating grass. CRACKED.COM

Source: UPI

California

WEIRD WORLD In Placerville, CA, people protested about having the noose removed from the city's logo. ERT E Free The noose is a reference to the hanging of three people convicted for robbery and murder during the gold rush, which gave the city the nickname Hangtown. Today, having a noose

Source: KCRA

The receipt for invisible art was sold for over $1 million.

A receipt for invisible art sold in 1959 was auctioned WEIRD WORLD off for $1.2 million. TOT AAL H 2 I SUBTOTAL TOT AAL 7,0 PASHOUDERBON Kassarr Winkelnr: Boekingsperiede: The receipt is the only indication that the art exists and who the owner is, making this Referentle: 6224 2259912 document possibly the first NFT transaction MAESTRO (A00000000430601 Pas: Pasor: MAESTRO BET TALING Datum: /05/2016 8 17 a Transmr: VERITY Totaal: 7.04 EUR Qtid: 14669 some 60 years ago. Bank 1801.00 1009 7.04 PINNEN 0.00 TERHA 25/03/2016 13:45 BONUS CRACKED.COM

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