Adam Rainer was the only person in recorded history to have been both a dwarf and a giant. At 18 he was 4'6", at 50 he was 7'8"! |
Ernest Hemingway lived through Anthrax, Malaria, Pneumonia, Dysentery, Skin Cancer, Hepatitis, Anemia, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Twi Plane Crashes, A Ruptured Kidney, A Ruptured Spleen, A Ruptured Liver, A Crushed Vertebra, and A Fractured Skull! |
In the ancient Persian Empire, men used to debate ideas twice, once sober and once drunk, because the idea had to sound good in both states in order to be considered a good idea! |
Jonathan Lee got the Guinness World Record for having filed the highest number of lawsuits in the World. He later sued the Guinness World Record too! |
Dutch are the tallest in the world with an average height of 6 ft (184cm) for men and 5.6 ft (171cm) for women. |
Violet Jessop, a ship nurse. She served on each of the three 'sisters' Titanic, Britannic and Olympic. While she was on board, the Olympic collided with a war ship and nearly sank, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, the Britannic hit an underwater mine and sank. Violet survived all three. |
A man named Joseph Bolitho Johns escaped Australian prison so many times, they built a special cell just for him -- He escaped that as well. |
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. |
Enzo Ferrari told a man "you may be able to drive a tractor but you will never be able to handle a Ferrari Properly" the man was so pissed he vowed to create the perfect car, his name, Ferruccio Lamborghini. |
MS Dhoni was once a ticket collector at the Kharagpur railway station. |