#87: 8 Crazy random facts

There are documented cases when dental floss facilitated prison escapes. It was either used to meticulously cut bars or braided together into a rope. Tweet This

In 1993, Garry Hoy threw himself over a glass wall on the 24th floor of the TD Centre in Toronto, Canada, and fell to his death when the window frame gave way. He was trying to prove to a group of visitors that the glass in his office was unbreakable. Tweet This

The Skoptsy were a secret sect in Russia in the period between the 1780s and the 1940s. They were best known for practicing castration of men and mastectomy (surgical removal of breasts) of women in line with their teachings against sexual lust. Tweet This

In Moscow, Russia, you can receive your subway ticket free of charge in exchange of some physical exercise. All you have to do is to perform 30 squats in front of the ticketing machine. Tweet This

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In 1995, the American Sonny Graham received a heart transplant from a suicide victim. In 2004, he married his donor’s widow. In 2008, Sonny killed himself in the same manner his donor did. Tweet This

In 1849, the Hungarians pledged to refrain from clinking glasses for a period of 150 years and many of them still respect it. After the failed Revolution of 1848, the Austrian generals executed 13 of the Hungarian leaders and celebrated the victory by smugly clinking glasses. Tweet This

Bazaar of Tabriz, Iran, is the largest covered market in the world. Founded in the 12th century, the complex covers area of 0.3 sq. km (0.1 sq. mile), and is only a bit smaller than the world’s tiniest country, Vatican City. Tweet This

In the 1990s, thousands of blood donors in Henan province, China, contracted HIV due to poor medical safety practices. Donors’ blood was pooled together, the plasma removed and the remaining cross-contaminated substance was injected back into the donors. Tweet This

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