In 2013, a man bought a house next door to his ex-wife, just so he could install a giant middle finger statue facing her house. It even lit up at night.

Germany has become the largest European country to legalise cannabis with citizens now able to carry up to 25 grams and grow up to three plants at home.

During the filming of the 2004 movie 'The Passion of the Christ' the actor who was playing the role of Jesus Christ, Jim Caviezel, was struck by lightning on set.

In 2008, Steven Phillips was released after spending 24 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. He received $6 million in compensation. However, within months, his ex-wife who left him when he was in prison, sued him for part of his compensation. She received nothing.

In 2014, a Russian man was attacked by a bear. Unable to fight off the bear, Igor Vorozhbitsyn faced certain death. However, his life was spared when his daughter called his mobile and Justin Bieber's 'Baby' began to play. The bear immediately became distressed and ran away.

In 2018, a woman who went to India to cure her depression was raped, beheaded and found hanged upside down in a forest.

In 2018, a 31-year-old Arizona woman was arrested for threatening, stalking and harassment after sending over 150,000 texts to a man she'd met on a dating site. They'd only been on one date.

This is Paul Alexander, one of the last people living in an iron lung. In 1952, he contracted polio at the age of six and has has been living in the iron lung ever since. He is currently 78 years old.

The most forceful rollercoaster in the world “Tower of Terror” is located at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the bottom of the ride’s drop, people experience a G-force of 6.3g, twice the force of a space shuttle launch.

In Alabama, a 200-foot radio tower was stolen without a trace, forcing local radio stations to go off air. The tower remains missing, and as of yet, no arrests have been made.

In Australia, women have taken to the beaches wearing G-strings in protest against calls to ban G-strings. Ian Grace, a former Gold Coast Volunteer of The Year Winner, claims females who wear G-strings are “cheapening themselves”

In Switzerland, movie theaters have screens in the toilets so you don't miss the movie when you take a toilet break.

Tom Hardy once said: 'Being alone for a while is dangerous. It's addicting. Once you see how peaceful it is, you don't even want to deal with people anymore'

This is a residential district in Dubai

In 2017, a deer walked into a store in Colorado. In an attempt to get it to leave, an employee fed the deer a peanut bar. The deer did leave, but returned later that day with it's whole family.

In Indonesia, a 33-year-old man became an instant millionaire after a meteorite came crashing through his roof and landed in his living room. The meteorite is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old and valued at around $2 million.

In 2022, a woman from Ireland was hospitalized with 'extreme stomach pain' and had to have her appendix removed after years of holding in farts around her boyfriend.

Snoop Dogg has an IQ score of 147. This is considered to be the level of a 'highly gifted genius'

In 2007, US Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by al-Qaeda militants in his legs, arms, abdomen, buttocks, scrotum, and then knocked out by a grenade. Not only did he survive, he managed to shoot dead all 4 of the militants and walk away unaided after he regained consciousness.

Up until 2011, beer was considered a soft drink in Russia.