Category Archives: Irony

Oct 17 2016
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History, Irony

Fact #1212: A holocaust denial group that offered $50,000 to anyone who could prove that gas chambers were used to intentionally kill people at Auschwitz was forced by a judge to pay that money, and an additional $40,000, to Auschwitz survivor Mel Mermelstein who provided proof of that very fact.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Historical_Review

Dec 22 2015
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Consumer, Irony, Places

Fact #1002: SuperDry is actually a UK-based company that writes Japanese text on its clothing to emulate the practice of Japanese clothing companies that write meaningless English words on their clothes to attract appeal.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperGroup

Oct 20 2015
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Irony

Fact #958: An Austrian woman’s woodstove exploded after using a curious piece of wood – the wood had grown around a (still functioning) WWII grenade!

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/01/boom-firewood-contains-world-war-ii-grenade-explodes-in-wood-stove-no-one-hurt/

Sep 01 2015
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Irony, Places

Fact #924: In China, if you hit someone with your car you pay for their medical care. Killing someone, however, is a one time fine. For that reason, people have gone back to kill someone they accidentally hit.

Source: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/110603/china-economy-car-accidents

May 19 2015
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History, Irony

Fact #861: A sailing ship called “Eclipse” was overtaken by a hurricane, and then it was hit by a meteor.

Source: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=MEX19080429.2.37

May 04 2015
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Irony

Fact #850: The CEO of Lifelock had his identity stolen 13 times after posting his real Social Security No.

The company was sued by Experian for placing false fraud alerts on clients, thus keeping LifeLock clients’ files in a constant state of alert. They also were fined $12 million for false advertising.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeLock#Controversies

Apr 21 2015
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Irony

Fact #841: In 1985, a New Orleans man drowned at a pool party attended by over 100 lifeguards celebrating a summer with no drownings.

Source: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=38sqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2M4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1072%2C819320

Apr 09 2015
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Irony

Fact #833: Easter will be on April Fool’s Day in 2018.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#Table_of_the_dates_of_Easter

Jan 23 2015
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Health, Irony, People

Fact #781: A Greek veteran, Stamatis Moraitis, was diagnosed with cancer and was told he only had 6 months to live. 10 years later, he went back to doctors to tell them he was still alive, only to discover that all of the doctors who had diagnosed him were dead.

Source: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/02/05/ikaria-man102-dies-36-years-after-cancer-diagnosis/

Jun 03 2014
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Irony, Science

Fact #609: Grand Central Station in New York is more radioactive than a nuclear power plant due to its granite construction.

Source: http://www.theboredninja.com/fun_facts/grand-central-terminal-is-more-radioactive-than-a-nuclear-power-plant/

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