Hamburger University is a corporate university owned by the McDonalds fast food chain. The university began with a meeting in a in suburban Chicago basement in 1961 between Fred Turner and Ray Kroc. Kroc was CEO at the time and Turner would later become CEO. During his lifetime Kroc took the franchise from 6 to …
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When staff at Kansas Zoo noticed that their Peruvian penguins seemed to be a bit bored and perhaps missed having visitors, they decided to take them to the museum. The three penguins, called Bubble (5), Maggie (7) and Berkley (8) had the Nelson Atkins Museum all to themselves due to the Corona lockdown and were …
Gyoza the pug was recently used in 343 Industries’ recording studio providing a range of grunts and grumbles that we can only guess will be some sort of frightful alien species in the 2020 video game.
In the UK it is illegal to handle a salmon under suspicious circumstances’. This is an offence under the Salmon Act of 1986. The law was actually designed to prevent people selling fish gained through illicit means – rather than those holding them, well, in a suspicious way.
The fastest sofa in the world was driven at 101 mph by Australian Glenn Suter. The sofa was equipped with a 1,400cc Suzuki super bike engine, coffee table and fruit bowl. I’m absolutely stoked to have been able to hit world record speeds with our couch, I could feel the sheer power of the motor …
Singapore is proud of its spotless public places and enforces cleanliness with $1000 fines for smoking, littering or not flushing the toilet in its ‘flush or fine’ campaign. You can also be fined up to $500 for taking a stinky Dorian fruit on public transport. Other Fun Facts about Singapore: Singapore is the most expensive …
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