SARDONIC MOMENTS
Added on: 20th Mar 2016
IN 1871 LAWYER CLEMENT VALLANDINGHAM SHOT
HIMSELF IN THE HEAD DURING A TRIAL WHERE
HE WAS TRYING TO PROVE THAT THE VICTIM
COULD HAVE SHOT HIMSELF.
IN 1989 CONVICTED MURDERER MICHAEL GODWIN
HAD HIS DEATH SENTENCE (ELECTRIC CHAIR) REDUCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE WAS
KILLED BY ELECTROCUTION WHILE TRYING TO
FIX THE TV IN HIS CELL.
A TEN GALLON HAT ONLY HOLDS 3/4 OF A GALLON
ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON SUFFERED FROM
CHRONIC SEASICKNESS
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL NEVER GOT TO TALK
TO HIS WIFE OR HIS MOM ON THE PHONE BECAUSE
THEY WERE BOTH DEAF.
IN 1974 THE US GOVERNMENT HAD TO RECALL 80,000
LAPEL BUTTONS THAT THEY HAD CREATED TO
PROMOTE TOY SAFETY. APPARENTLY THE EDGES WERE
TOO SHARP, THEY CONTAINED LEAD PAINT, AND
WERE A CHOKING HAZARD.
ACCORDING TO SOME SOURCES, IN 1788 THE AUSTRIAN
ARMY ATTACKED ITSELF AND LOST 10,000 MEN
(BATTLE OF KARÁNSEBES).
PART OF BILL GATE'S HOUSE WAS DESIGNED ON A MAC
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