The globe is full of quirky, weird & incredible stories from all walks of life.... This is an online series about crazy & amazing(although yet true) stories from around the globe...For instance...
#1.) Read About This 10-Year Old Who Saved His Grandma And Brother Using MARIOKART SKILLS!!
According to a story covered by NBC affiliate KUSA-TV, a 10-year-old boy name, Gryffin Sanders, of Golden, Colo., saved the lives of his grandmother and younger brother one day
granny passed out at the wheel, when he took control of the moving car apparently
Sanders’ 74-year-old grandmother lost consciousness mid-sentence, possibly suffering a stroke or a heart attack.
Sitting in the front seat, Sanders says he tried to wake his grandmother before actually deciding to take the wheel. “I [wanted to] get us somewhere where we could get out of
the way of traffic,” he remarked, explaining his decision to maneuver the car — which was zooming along at a quick 60 mph — into a muddy ditch on the side of the road.
The little hero credits his videogame-playing skills with the go-kart racing and the video game “Mario Kart” for his driving skills. “My first thought was actually, ‘Is this a
test or what?’” he said of the life-threatening experience.
The kid was allegedly smart enough to distinguish reality from the game, but still use the skill he earned in the game to the benefit of everyone involved. Incredible!
#2.) America's Army Player Uses In-Game Medic Training To Help Save Life
Furthermore... This incredibly competent young man who made use of "in-game" survival skills in a REAL LIFE incident!
- In 2007, a North Carolina man named Paxton Galvanek said playing the video game “America’s Army” helped him provide critical medical aid to the injured victims of a car
accident. One of the people he helped had lost fingers.
The story goes:
On November 23, 2007, Galvanek was driving West-bound on I-40 in North Carolina with his family. About 25 miles south of Raleigh he witnessed an SUV on the east-bound lanes
lose control of the vehicle and flip about five times. While his wife called 911, he stopped his vehicle and ran across the highway to the scene of the accident.
Assuming the role of first responder, he quickly assessed the situation and found two victims in the smoking vehicle. Needing to extract them quickly, he helped the passenger
out of the truck and noticed he had minor cuts and injuries. He told the man to stay clear of the smoking car and quickly went to the driver's side where he located a wounded
man. He pulled the driver to safety on the side of the road.
Galvanek immediately noticed the man had lost two fingers in the accident and was bleeding profusely. The victim had also suffered head trauma. Galvanek located a towel, put
pressure on the man's hand, and instructed him to sit down and elevate his hand above his head while pressing the towel against his lost fingers. Galvanek then attended to his
head cut and determined that injury was not as serious as his hand.
Roughly five minutes later, an Army Soldier in plain clothing arrived on the scene of the accident and informed Galvanek that he was medically trained and could take over until
the paramedics arrived. He looked over the injured men and told Galvanek that he had done a great job. Once the Soldier assured Galvanek that the two men were in stable
condition and there was nothing more he could do to assist until the paramedics arrived, Galvanek left the scene and continued on his journey.
After the incident, Galvanek wrote to the America's Army team to thank them for including the medical training in the game. He said, "I have received no prior medical training and can honestly say that because of the training and presentations within America's Army, I was able to help and possibly save the injured men. As I look back on the events of that day, the training that I received in the America's Army video game keeps coming to mind."
Read more about this incredible event HERE
#3.) Illegally Voting Women's Activist
Women's activist Susan B. Anthony actually voted illegally in the presidential election of 1872.
She was then tried and convicted and in the end sentenced to pay a $100 fine,
which she refused to pay, and GUESS WHAT?!? She was released anyways!! (What are the odds?)
#4.) A 70-Year-Old Runner Ran 7 Marathons On 7 Continents In 7 days
Meet the coolest 70-year old woman from independence in missouri, named Chau Smith. who ran seven marathons in seven days, on seven continents.
She allegedly celebrated her 70th birthday by running these seven marathons on seven continents in seven consecutive days between january 25th and january 31st, back in 2017 - all while wearing a pink pussyhat.(Cool woman, huh??)
#5.) One Billionth Itunes Download
When the one billionth song on itunes were downloaded back in 2010, The genius behind most of apple's products Steve Jobs actually personally called the supposed person who bought the song, to congratulate him and rewarded him with a 20-inch imac, 10 5-generation ipods, and a $10.000 loaded itunes gift card!!(Wow!)
Louie Sulcer, the winner of iTunes' 10 Billionth Song Contest, allegedly thought it was a prank. ... He later told Rolling Stone he had a son who loves playing tricks and thought he was the one making the Jobs call.
“I have a son that loves to play tricks and he does that every now and then — calls me and imitates somebody.” After three or four times of asking “Come on now, who is this,” Sulcer realized that his caller ID actually read simply “Apple,” and only then did he believe that he was the winner of the contest and a $10,000 iTunes card.(Nice)
#6.) Man Forced To Marry Cow
An unemployed Ngurah Alit, 18, was seen in a Bali paddy field standing naked behind the animal.
He allegedly claimed he believed the cow was a young and beautiful woman, and it had seduced him with flattering compliments.
He was then forced to marry the cow to cleanse the coastal village of Yeh Embang of the bestiality...
But during the ritual however, Alit passed out as locals and police – drafted in to keep journalists at bay – looked on and his mother began screaming, according to Detik.com.
One villager said: ‘Poor kid. He’s actually a quiet kid.’
Alit quickly then became a widower when his new bride was drowned in the sea as part of the Pecaruan ritual. Alit was only symbolically drowned and bathed on the beach.
Chief Ida Bagus Legawa declared that the village had then been ‘cleansed’ from the ‘defilement from the incident.’ And that's that. A crazy world which we live in at certain times... But that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't any less hilarious of course.
#7.) Parrot Arrested For Harrasment
Another fun case, apparently from the city Rajura in india... Was that rajura police had registered a complaint from an elderly woman about her son's pet parrot.
It reportedly were abusing the dear mother everytime she passed by it in the neighbourhood... And believe it or not, the police actually agreed to take the poor animal in, and detained it for questioning
However, the cops never actually managed to get the parrot speaking
they allegedly brought in every staffer in the police station to get the parrot to spout some abuse, but failed to get a response...
Furthermore, the cops even brought Janabai right in front of the parrot, but the bird still did not speak any abusive words in front of the cops.
Having seemingly failed to get a response and crack the case, the helpless cops finally decided to hand over the parrot to the forest department. It was then in the custody of the forest department. Rajura forest officials have, strangely, kept the parrot in the cell meant for people accused of violating the Forest Conservation Act.
(Yup, no joke... But it's certainly a fun story none the less)
#8.) Throwing Mobile Phones Is A Sport In Finland
Believe it or not, mobile phone throwing is actually an international sport that started in Finland in the year 2000. It is a sport in which participants throw mobile phones and are judged on distance or technique. World record holder is currently Dries Feremans with an official guinness world record throw of 110m42cm.
#9.) A Parrot Is A Lead Singer
Hatebeak is supposedly an American death metal band, formed by Blake Harrison and Mark Sloan, featuring Waldo (b. 1991), a grey parrot. Hatebeak is reported to be the first band to have an avian vocalist. They never tour so as to not torture the bird. Hatebeak is signed to Reptilian Records. They released the album Number of the Beak on June 26, 2015, through Reptilian Records... Cool huh?
#10.) Feeling Pregnant With Puppies??
Puppy pregnancy syndrome is apparently an illness, where the suffering person believes they are pregnant with puppies after having been bitten by a dog... Yup, we're not joking... You can CHEW on that...! (Pun intended)
#11.) Kelly The Smart Dolphin
Humans are very far from being the only intelligent species walking the earth. Nature has shown that time and time again... For instance, have you heard of the smart dolhpin called "Kelly"?
She were part of a trade program made specifically with dolphins and trash in mind, at the Marine mammal studies in mississippi. The story goes, that the dolphins at the institute were trained to keep the the pools they inhabitet clean of trash by, collecting all trash that supposedly fell into the pool and deliver it to the trainer... And for every piece of trash they brought, they'd get a fish as reward.
However, this dolphin "Kelly" were so smart that she thought out a tactic, that every time somebody were to throw some trash into the pool, Kelly would(Rather than handing it over immediately) hide a piece of it under a rock at the bottom of the pool, because the thing was, Kelly had... Smart as she were... Figured out she'd get pretty much the same amount of fish, for just a SMALL piece of paper-trash, just as much as a BIG piece of trash(So you can pretty much do the math yourself).
So, almost every single time the trainer were to walk by the pool, Kelly would hurry down to the rock, tear of a piece of paper-trash, hand it over to the trainer, go down and tear off yet again, another piece of paper, and thus get another fish(Smart huh?)
In conclusion, Kelly had figured out she would get more fish by just tearing of bits of the same trash, rather than handing it all over at once!!
Her trainers were understanably amazed by her tactic as she clearly showed of a sense of future planning AND gratification... Regardless she did not stop there though. One particular day when a seagull flew into the pool, Kelly caught it and handed it over to her trainers when they came by to see what the commotion was all about, since it was a large bird, the trainers rewarded, kelly with a substantial amount of fish. Then the next time she was fed, Kelly saved some of the fish under the rock, then while in the absence of her trainers, this sneaky dolphin would actually bring a fish to the surface luring a seagull within distance and catch them, and handover for even MORE fish!
After allegedly mastering this tactic, she would even go as far as to teach her fellow brothers and sister-dolphins as well as her group of company-dolphins resulting in her acquiring more food for her family.
Now THAT is a smart dolphin, ya folks?!?
According to one trainer, Kelly actually had some beautiful natural markings and an engaging personality. She always trusted the trainers to be gentle with her babies. Though Kelly is no more, her actions and smartness have proven the fact that dolphins, do indeed, deserve their reputation for being highly intelligent. Incredible.
#12.) Rhino's Poop & Their Mating...
Another seemingly very intelligent species with smart abilities among us, is the rhino...!
A study done by, Courtney marneweck a Phd student at the school of life sciences at the university of kwazulu-natal in south africa, has found that rhinoceroses use communal defecation sites.
The male rhinos can actually figure out how many other males are around and the reproductive state of female mates from this site... That's insane!
#13.) Toy-Yoda Or A TOYOTA...?!
A woman going by the name, Jodee Berry, a(now FORMER) hooters waitress, joined into participating in a work-related contest for a great prize... She allegedly joined into a beer sales contest, with the prize being a spanking new TOYOTA!
However, the woman was understandably furious when she was presented(After having been blindfolded and led into the parking lot outside of the restaurant)with the supposedly great car to meet her, and then were given a TOY-YODA(A character from the famous star wars movies saga) figurine!
The thing was actually that, the whole arrangement, was staged and intended as a prank set-up by the people in charge.
She not only ended up QUITTING her job, but also suing the manager over the whole ordeal, even though the manager at her restaurant claimed it was all an april fool's joke, the year there after, Berry and her gulf coast wings, Inc. the corporate owner of the restaurant, eventually ended up with settling the case at court.
#14.) A Wine Fountain Exists?!
We've all heard of or seen water fountains... But what about WINE fountains??
Yeah, believe it or not, this is actually a thing... An actual wine fountain exists In the town, caldari di ortona in Italy...
And the best part?? there's no limit to it!! and the wine fountain is open to everyone 24/7... Seriously, how cool is that?
#15.) Astonishing achievements From A Simple Kid With Down Syndrome.
Who ever said you can't achieve much if you posses down-syndrome??
Meet, Emmanuel Joseph Bishop. A down-syndrome advocate who is challenging common pre-conceptions of people with down-syndrome.
He's a violist, swimmer, golfer AND a polyglot!!
He is also proficiant in multiple languages....English, Spanish, French and he reportedly studying latin as well!! Not bad huh??
#16.) Man Caught Engaging In Sexual Activity With A Postbox
That's right. A british drunk man was allegedly caught trying to have sex with a public postbox in the middle of a shopping arcade.
The man(Paul Bennett) 45 years old was caught approaching the postbox with his trousers down, making sexual advances towards it, at scholes presinct in Wigan
Paul was then spotted rubbing himself against the postbox while holding his hands in the air, shouting a load "WOW".
After completing this act he pulled his trousers back up and started swinging on a lamppost... This were supposedly when the cops were alarmed about his presence... Because an alarmed eye-witnerss called police, who found him exposing himself AGAIN once they arrived at the scene.
He was then arrested and launced into a foul-mouthed tirade as he was led away by officers.
And believe it or not, Bennett who's from Holborn Avenue, Wigan, actually pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent exposure and using threatening and abusive words with abusive behaviour at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court. Who would've thought?!
#17.) Jackie Chan’s Parents Met During An Arrest
Jackie Chan's parents met during an arrest... They actually met because his dad were arresting his mother for smuggling opium! Yup, no kidding...
Jackie Chan’s mother was a drug smuggler and his father was a spy. In fact, his parents met when his father arrested his mother for smuggling opium.
What are the odds?!?
#18.) A Mental Asylum Or Just School?
Believe it or not, High school students reportedly had the same anxiety levels as an insane asylum's mental patients in 2014, back in the 1950's
Holy shit!!
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