6x9 by Matthews Scott

Author:Matthews, Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scott Matthews
Published: 2020-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

551. Author Michael Crichton suspected that his Harvard English professor was giving him unfair grades, so to prove his suspicions, he submitted a George Orwell essay as his own. The professor gave the essay a B minus.

552. The company that made the game “Cards against Humanity” wanted to protect people from the madness of Black Friday shopping in 2014, so they chose to avoid putting out a new product, and instead, they sold and sent out 30,000 boxes containing bull excrement.

553. There has been a real court case called Batman V Commissioner, but it wasn’t the Dark Knight suing the head of the Gotham Police force. A farmer called Ray Batman was attempting to appeal a decision by the IRS to increase his tax.

554. The Barbie Liberation Organization was a group of activists and artists who, in 1993, performed surgery on about 300 to 500 dolls, switching the voice boxes inside the G.I. Joe and the Barbie figures, returning all the toys to the stores afterwards. G.I Joes were reportedly saying things like “the beach is a great place for the summer,” while Barbies were saying “vengeance is mine.”

555. In New York State, you legally have to let a buyer know if a house is considered haunted before you sell it to them.

556. The White House had its first electric lighting installed in 1891. Then President Benjamin Harrison was so scared of getting electrocuted that he completely refused to touch any of the light switches to turn them on or off.

557. According to a survey conducted in the US, 51% of people consider that sharing a Netflix password with a significant other means the relationship is serious.

558. Tony Fernandez, the CEO of Air Asia, once made a bet with Sir Richard Branson on who would be the winner of the 2010 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. Richard lost and had to work as a female flight attendant on Air Asia.

559. In 2015, a teenager often broke into homes in Colorado to steal snacks, specifically Hot Pockets, and to watch Netflix. No cash or other valuables were ever stolen, only snacks and Netflix.

560. It was illegal to show your face in Chicago if you were ugly before 1974.

561. On January 9, 1493, when sailing near the Dominican Republic, three mermaids were supposedly seen in the water by famous Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. He described them as being not half as beautiful as they are painted. The creatures turned out to be manatees.

562. The Nigerian police force once arrested a goat as one of the suspects for attempted armed robbery.

563. One of the best vasectomy doctors found in Austin, Texas, is named Dick Chop.

564. In July 2016, after a night of drinking with friends, thirty three year old British man Simon Smith changed his name to Bacon Double Cheeseburger.

565. On the top floor of the US Supreme Court Building, there is a basketball court named “the highest court in the land.”

566. As of 2012, in Italy, it’s illegal to tell a man that he has no balls, since it hurts male pride.

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