Rockstar Geddy Lee of the band Rush owns a majority interest in Dutch pot farm that provides Amsterdam with 45% of its annual marijuana supply.

Casey Kasem said that he always tried to play the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo as a beatnik who had just recently come down off of a acid trip. He drew on his own personal experiences as one of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters. He was scheduled to go on the cross country trip that was chronicled in Tom Wolfe's book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test but was arrested for public drunkeness and lewd behavior two days before the trip left.

The world longest running and most unknown revolution is in Greenland. The Greenlanders have been attempting to overthrow Danish rule since 1814. It is a surprisingly peaceful revolt with only 3 people having died during that time span.

When President William Howard Taft died in 1930 his wife was so overcome with grief that she secretly had him partially skinned and used the skin to make a belt so that she could always keep him near. Afterwards she was often heard to say that he one regret in life is that she didn't get more skin and have a pair of matching shoes made as well.

According to statistical analyses of public speeches, local politicians in the United States have an average vocabulary that is roughly 25% greater than the average U.S. citizen. The same analyses found that the average national politician has a vocabulary that is 25% smaller than the average citizen.

Twice as much porn is produced in Luxembourg as in any other country in the world.

During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration of the U.S. Government commissioned a sociological study of the sexual habits of the American public. The study was completed after three years, but was immediately declared Top Secret due to the surprising information. Although the study has never officially been released it is rumored that it was suppressed when government officials realized the true variety of sexual acts performed by the public. Officials were afraid that if the study was released, and people realized the various positions and practices detailed within, there would be a wave of hedonistic behaviour that would destroy society.

On March 19, 2003, the start date of Operation Iraqi Freedom, then-Undersecretary of State John Bolton drank so many Red Bulls in the excitement that he had to be sedated.

Railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt had a number of eccentricities to go along with his wealth. The only kind of meat that he would eat was gopher. One time his cook didn't have any gopher and substituted mole meat in a dish. After the meal was over Vanderbilt called the cook into the dining room and congratulated him on an excellent meal. The cook, thinking himself in the clear, bowed and thanked Vanderbilt for the praise. But when the cook retired to his room later he found that all of his belongings had been stacked on the front lawn and set on fire. He was handed a an envelope with $20 and a letter in Vanderbilt's own handwriting saying "Did you think that I don't know what a goddamn mole tastes like?"

Due to their extraordinarily high metabolism, the hummingbird farts more than any other creature known to man, more than 10 times a minute. Scientists theorize that the birds have learned how to use the farts as manuevering jets, but no one has been able to confirm this.

The U.S. Government keep statistics on all Federal employess who die on the job. In 2004, two employees were listed in the annual statistical compilation with a cause of death of "Crushed by Reptiles." All efforts to find out more details have been denied in the interests of national security.

In Detroit, it is legal to get high by sniffing permanent markers, but it is illegal to get a dog high using permanent markers.

The practice of throwing rotten fruit at bad performances began in ancient Rome. The Romans believed that fruit had souls and hitting the performers would curse them with the ghost of the rotten fruit. Aristophanes supposedly wrote an entire play about this called The Cucumbers, but it was lost in antiquity.

The annual expenditure on alcohol for the U.S. Capitol is classified. This has not always been the case. In 1999, the amount was disclosed to be $25 million a year. The person who made the disclosure was fired and the entire food and drink budget for the building was classified top secret.

When faced with two candidates of otherwise equal accomplishments and grades, Stanford University ALWAYS choses the one who is left handed.

Actor Ben Kingsley was born without a kneecap in his right leg. He needs to wear a brace at all times in order for his leg to bend the correct way. Sometimes he takes the brace off so that he can show off at parties, but that is very rare since once when he was drunk he accidentally kicked himself in the crotch.

The U.S. Secret Service keeps an investigative file on every President who dies while in office. The file for the investigation into John F. Kennedy's death comprises over 1500 linear feet of records and is sealed until 2050. The file for the investigation into Warren G. Harding's death in 1923 is over 4000 linear feet and is sealed until 2105.

When Elisha Otis developed the safety brake that enabled the development of modern elevators, he was bitterly denounced by religious conservatives as having created "an affront to God". God, the conservatives held, was "the only agency whereby a man might mount the Heavens without offense". Every building that had Otis elevators was picketed. This lasted for three weeks, until one of the protesters tried the elevator and realized that by taking the elevator he still had the breath to praise God when he got to the top of the building. This realization completely overturned the anti-elevator movement and for the next two years all elevators were full of the religious, singing hymns.

In addition to non-monetary perks, sewage workers around the world reap significant monetary rewards above and beyond their pay. In England, the average sewer worker generally makes over 10,000 pounds a year through salvage of lost money and artifacts in the sewer. And in Russia the sewage workers often use the tunnels as smuggling routes. In Moscow over 70 sewage workers own Ferraris.

In 1890 in New York City, one out of every six people was addicted to cocaine in one form or another.

In his last three movies actor Vince Vaughn has had himself digitally enhanced to appear fatter. That way, when people see him in real life they invariably comment how he looks much better in person than on film.

Poker Pro Phil Hellmuth can make his forehead sweat just by thinking about it. He uses it to make opponents think that he is nervous.

The U.S. Navy is the world's largest purchaser of Silly Putty. It buys over 20 tons annually.