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Florida: Treasure Island Richard Cummins//Getty Images Property owners attempted to boost sales in this town by burying wooden chests that they pretended held treasure. Today, the theme is still strong in this community, with many pirate-themed businesses (in addition to more tasteful high-rises ...
In the early 1950s, a fraudster scammedWetumkaby tricking the townspeople into giving him their money in exchange for a circus coming to town. Of course, no circus materialized, but the good people of Wetumka refused to wallow in misery: they celebrated. To this day, they hold an annual ...
"Rumor has it that a Timken family member in Germany wrote to his successful cousin in America and told him how the grave site of Victor Frankenstein was being defaced and spit upon in their small town. The American Timken and founder of Timken Roller Bearings paid for the remains...
If you ask a kid in Wyoming what they did over the weekend, they might tell you they went “horn hunting.” The city of Afton takes horn hunting to an entirely new level. When you drive into town, you will see the world’s largest elkhorn arch. It spans four lanes of traffic so ...
Florida:Most Bridesmaids to One Bride iStock via Getty Images She had 168 bridesmaids in her wedding. 168! I have to wonder if she did it just for the record, there's no way this was just because she has that many friends. Idaho:Farthest Distance to Blow a Pea ...
Take a bite out of team discord:Various operators in North America, Australia and Africa offer group cage dives that involve spotting — and sometimes interacting with —Carcharodon carcharias, otherwise known as the great white shark ... or, simply, "Jaws."Supreme Sharksof Cape Town, South Af...
It’s unlawful for women to drive a vehicle in a housecoat 2. Arizona It’s illegal to drive a car in reverse on a public road 3. Florida Americans must pay for a parking ticket if they are parking an alligator, goat, or elephant ...
By far the strangest thing we've seen in the weather so far in 2020 has also been the most disturbing. On June 20, the high temperature in Verkhoyansk, a town in northeast Russia about 260 miles south of the Arctic coast and about 6 miles north of the Arctic Circle, topped out at ...
InHuntley, Illinois,the town has put a 40-year spin on the whole cajones concept. In November, a week before Thanksgiving with theTurkey Testicle Festival(I didn’t even know they had them). TheParkside Pubkeeps it simple with deep-fried, bite-sized rocks, plenty of brewskies, and “...