“Ain’t nobody got time for that,” said one 911 operator before hanging up the phone. And she didn't just do it once. Crenshanda Williams cut short thousands of emergency calls because she didn’t feel like talking. She ended up being sentenced to prison in 2018, where she wouldn't have to deal with people bothering her via phone calls. Yes, really. You can’t make this sh*t up…
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#1 Since 1995, Mohamed Bzeek Has Dedicated Himself To Fostering Children With Terminal Illnesses, Having Cared For Over 40 Such Children
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#2 In 1996, A Mother Cat Named Scarlett Rescued All 5 Of Her Kittens From A Building Burning In NYC. She Walked Through Flames 5 Times To Rescue Each One
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#3 Saudi Arabia Has Deployed Solar-Powered Laser Beacons In The Al Nafud Desert To Guide Lost Travelers To Water Sources
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#4 A California Care Home Went Bankrupt. About 16 Elderly Residents Were Abandoned
Most Staff Left But The Janitor And The Cook Stayed Behind To Care For The Residents At Their Own Expense. One Of The Men Said 'I Would Only Go Home For 1 Hour, Take A Shower, Then Be There For 24 Hours.
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#5 Henry Behrens, The Smallest Man In The World Dances With His Pet Cat In The Doorway Of His Worthing Home, 1956
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#6 Nirvana Played A Show In Buenos Aires Where The Crowd Threw Mud And Trash At The All-Female Opening Band
Kurt Cobain Got Mad And Messed Up The Concert By Playing Songs People Didn't Know And Teasing Big Hits Like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Without Actually Playing Them.
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#7 Alfred "Alfie" Date, Australia’s Oldest Man, Spent His Final Years Knitting Tiny Sweaters For Oil-Affected Penguins
Starting In 2013 At Age 109, He Joined The "Knits For Nature" Program To Help Prevent Penguins From Ingesting Oil And Stay Warm.
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#8 Self-Made Millionaire Harris Rosen Adopted A Florida Neighborhood Called Tangelo Park
Significantly Decreased The Crime Rate, And Increased The High School Graduation Rate From 25% To 100% By Providing Free Daycare And Scholarships To All High School Graduates.
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#9 Dr. Phil Once Invited The Creator Of The "Bumfights' Video Series To His Show To Confront Him About Exploiting Vulnerable People For Financial Gain
Only For The Guest To Appear Dressed As Dr. Phil And Point Out That He Does The Exact Same Thing.
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#10 In 2016, A Japanese Ice Cream Company Created A Commercial To Publicly Apologize About Needing To Raise The Price Of Their Ice Cream Bars For The First Time In 25 Years From 60 Yen To 70 Yen
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#11 Anthony Bourdain Called “Ratatouille” “Simply The Best Food Movie Ever Made”
This Was Due To Details Like The Burns On Cooks’ Arms, Accurate To Working In Restaurants. He Said They Got It “Right” And Understood Movie Making. He Got A Thank You Credit In The Film For Notes He Provided Early On.
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#12 For Over 13 Years, A Dutch Nursing Home Has Been Providing Free Rent To Students In Exchange For 30 Hours Each Month Assisting Them, Keeping Them Company And Hosting Dinners For Them
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#13 The Final Exam For Police Service Dogs To Remain Calm In Front Of A Cat, Germany, 1987
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#14 In 2000, Qian Hongyan Lost Her Legs In A Car Accident
Growing Up In Rural Yunnan, She Used Half A Basketball To Move Around On Her Hands, Earning The Nickname "Basketball Girl." In 2005, Media Attention LED Her To Receive Free Prosthetic Limbs In Beijing.
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#15 Croatia Is Among The Few Countries In The World That Employ Specially Trained Dog Lifeguards To Assist In Water Rescues During The Summer Season
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#16 Bill Gates Purchased Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex For $30,802,500
Three Years Later, He Had Its Pages Scanned Into Digital Image Files, Some Of Which Were Later Distributed As Screensavers And Wallpaper Files On A CD-Rom As Part Of Microsoft Plus! For Windows, So Everyone Could Enjoy Them.
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#17 Anti-Paparazzi Scarf That Ruins Photos By Affecting Flash Photography
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#18 Robert Duboise On The Day Of His Arrest At Age 18, And The Day He Was Freed From Prison By DNA At 56
DuBoise's life changed dramatically over the span of nearly four decades. At the age of 18, he was arrested for a m***er/r*pe he did not commit.
This wrongful arrest led to his conviction and imprisonment, a harrowing experience that kept him behind bars for 37 years.
During his time in prison, DuBoise maintained his innocence, but it wasn't until advancements in DNA technology provided a new avenue for justice that his case was re-examined.
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#19 In 1993, A Zoo Owner In Mexico Was Arrested For Illegally Purchasing A Gorilla, Mistakenly Believing It Was A Real Animal When It Was Actually An FBI Agent In A Gorilla Suit
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#20 Paul Lieberstein, Initially A Writer And Producer For The Office, Was Asked To Temporarily Portray Toby Flenderson
His Dry, Deadpan Performance Was So Fitting That He Continued In The Role Throughout The Entire Series.
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#21 When Jamie Foxx Auditioned For 'Django Unchained', He Learned Actors Like Will Smith And Denzel Washington Were Also Vying For The Role
To Stand Out. Foxx Rode His Own Horse To The Audition. Tarantino Was So Impressed, He Declared, "The Role's Yours!"
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#22 For More Than 30 Years, Plastic Garfield Phones Have Been Washing Up On French Beaches
The Mystery Was Eventually Solved When A Shipping Container From A Ship That Sank In The 1980s Was Found In A Hidden Cave.
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#23 In 2021, Painter Conrado Estrada Suffered From Rhinophyma, A Condition That Caused His Nose To Become Large And Bulbous, Making It Difficult To Eat And Breathe
While Working At The Home Of Plastic Surgeon Thomas Romo, Romo Offered To Operate For Free, Changing Estrada’s Life For The Better.
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#24 In Just Two Hours, 300 Chelsea, Michigan, Residents Formed A Human Chain To Move 9,000 Books A Block Away, Shelving Them Alphabetically At A New Bookstore Location
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#25 The Reason Hurricanes Are Given Human Names Is That The Original Meteorologist To Name Them, Clement Wragge, Began Naming Them After Politicians He Didn't Like
This Let Him Say They Were 'Causing Great Distress' Or 'Wandering Aimlessly’
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#26 In 2008, Finnish Police Found A Dead Mosquito While Searching The Inside Of A Stolen Car
They Tested The Blood From The Mosquito's Last Meal And Successfully Used It To Identify The Thief That Stole The Car.
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#27 Arizona's Brutal 2017 Heatwave
Air Temps Hit 47°c (116°f) While Concrete And Asphalt Baked At 76°c (168°f)-Causing Mailboxes To Sag, Trash Bins To Warp, And Road Signs To Melt In The Sun.
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#28 U.S. President Gerald Ford Trained His Dog To Serve As A Distraction. When He Wanted A Meeting To End, He Would Signal Liberty, Who Would Trot In And Draw The Guest's Attention
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#29 Cara Melia Honored Her Late Mother By Releasing Her Ashes In A Bottle At Skegness Beach
The Bottle Contained A Note Requesting It Be Thrown Back Into The Sea For Travel. A Family Found The Bottle 12 Hours Later And Shared This Photo Online.
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#30 The Great Impostor
Ferdinand Demara, Known As 'The Great Impostor,' Posed As A Surgeon Aboard A Navy Destroyer During The Korean War. When Forced To Operate On 16 Patients, He Speed-Read A General Surgery Textbook And Successfully Performed All Procedures Without Any Death.
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#31 In The Year 2010, A Colossal And Terrifying Natural Phenomenon Occurred In Guatemala City
An Enormous Sinkhole, Measuring A Staggering 60 Feet In Width And Plunging Down To A Depth Equivalent To 30 Stories Of A Building, Suddenly Opened Up Right In The Heart Of The City.
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#32 In 1965, Angus Barbieri, Described As A "Grossly Obese" Man, Survived Without Eating For 1 Year And 17 Days
He lived entirely off his excess body fat and vitamins, ultimately losing 125 kg (276 lbs) with no adverse effects. He only pooped every 40 - 50 days. His decision to undertake this challenge stemmed from his weight, which exceeded 450 pounds. At the age of 27, he aspired to achieve fitness and good health. In a little over a year, he shed 276 pounds and established a record for the longest duration of a fast.
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#33 In 2016, Crenshanda Williams, A 911 Call Operator In Texas Was Fired After She Hung Up On Over 800 Callers Because She Didn't Feel Like Talking
“Ain’t Nobody Got Time For This," She Said. "For Real.” She Was Sentenced To 10 Days In Prison.
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#34 A Teenager From Madhya Pradesh, India, Suffers From An Exceptionally Rare Condition Known As 'Werewolf Syndrome,' Medically Termed Hypertrichosis
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#35 Bill Gates Marriage
When Bill Gates Married Melinda French In 1994, He Rented Out All The Available Hotel Rooms On The Hawaiian Island Of Lanai To Prevent The Media From Staying There And Hired All The Helicopters On Maui To Keep Photographers From Flying Over The Wedding.
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#36 Princess Diana Comforting Elton John At Gianni Versace's Funeral. Just Over A Month Later, She Would Lose Her Life In A Car Crash And Elton Would Perform At Hers
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#37 Manar Maged Was Born With A Parasitic Twin That Never Fully Developed, But Was Using Her Blood Supply
The Conjoined Head Had No Body, But Could Blink And Smile. This Condition Is Called Craniopagus Parasiticus, And Less Than A Dozen Cases Have Ever Been Recorded.
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#38 In 2015, Cheryl Treadway, A Florida Woman, Was Held Hostage By Her Boyfriend
She Managed To Convince Him To Let Her Order A Pizza Using The Pizza Hut App. In The Special Request Section, She Wrote: "Please Help. Get 911 To Me. 911 Hostage Help!"
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#39 In 1904, Sailor Carl Emil Pettersson Was Shipwrecked On An Island In Papua New Guinea, Home To A Tribe He Believed To Be Cannibals
Brought To Their King, He Caught The Attention Of The King's Daughter, Who Fell In Love With Him. They Married. After The King's Death, Carl Became Ruler Of The Island.
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#40 In 2004, Paul Walker Secretly Bought An $9,000 Engagement Ring For An Iraq Veteran
Overhearing The Couple In A Jewelry Store Discussing Their Inability To Afford It, Walker Quietly Paid For The Ring And Left.
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#41 Philippe Petit Tight-Roping Between The Twin Towers In His Bell-Bottoms, 1974
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#42 Here’s How Bridge Foundations Are Built In The Middle Of Water: The Image Shows A “Cofferdam”, Which Is A Temporary Enclosure That Allows Construction In Otherwise Submerged Areas
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#43 Two Bears In The Middle Of Fight
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#44 In The Year 1971, Soviet Engineers Set Fire To A Gas-Filled Hole In The Turkmenistan Desert, Thinking It Would Burn Out In A Few Days
However, To Their Astonishment, The Flames Have Persisted, And The Site, Known As "The Door To Hell," Has Been Burning Continuously For Over 52 Years.
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#45 Jim Sautner, The Buffalo Whisperer Was A Canadian Rancher Who Raised A 2,000-Pound Bison Named Bailey D. Buffalo Like A Family Dog
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#46 In 1989, Fisherman Chito Shedden Rescued An Injured Croc Called Pocho
The Two Formed A Lifelong Bond And For 20 Years, They Swam Together And Played Daily. Chito's Wife Left Him Over His Love For Pocho, But He Said He Could Find Another Wife, But Never Another Pocho.
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#47 In 2013, The First Known Tinder Match In Antarctica
This Happened When Two Researchers - One At Mcmurdo Station And Another Camping In The Dry Valleys Swiped Right On Each Other. They Were About A 45-Minute Helicopter Ride Apart.
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#48 In 2018, Domino's Launched The "Paving For Pizza" Campaign, Funding Pothole Repairs To Protect Pizzas During Delivery
Towns Received Grants Up To $5,000, Starting With Places Like Bartonville, Tx, And Athens, Ga. Repaired Roads Often Featured Domino's Logo And The Tagline "Oh Yes We Did."
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#49 In 1978, Richard Branson Was Trying To Impress His Girlfriend By Pretending To Buy A Private Island
The Island Was Listed For $6 Million, He Offered $100k As A Joke. The Owner Settled For $180k, And Branson Bought Necker Island.
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#50 In 2019, In Cleveland, Ohio, Michael Harrell Attempted A Bank Robbery By Passing A Note To The Teller Demanding Money
However, The Note Was Written On The Back Of A Document Containing His Full Name And Address, Making It Easy For Authorities To Locate And Arrest Him.
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