In 2016, a Florida man tossed an alligator through a drive-thru window. He was charged with “assault with a deadly weapon.” – Source

    Dog Days’ of summer are actually defined as the period from July 3 through Aug. 11 when the Dog Star, Sirius, rises in conjunction (or nearly so) with the sun. 

                     .  In 1958 two pilots flew an aircraft for more than two months without landing, refueling by matching speed with a truck driving down a road. Their record has not been broken.

Didn’t know either Rocky & Sue. Happy birthday to your sister for yesterday 

That it is my eldest sisters birthday today

The largest solid gold statue on Earth is a Buddha located in a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The seated figure is approximately 9.8 feet tall and weighs about 5.5 tons. 

Didn’t know that 

                Top 3 tallest statues in the world are of Buddha.

   he first person ever to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive was Annie Taylor on October 24, 1901. She hoped her feat would bring her fame and fortune but she died in poverty. –

Very sad

                               In the UK, the most common cause of death for men under 50 is suicide. 

   . At the end of the Gulf War, 20 people died in Kuwait due to falling bullets from celebratory gunfire. 

                       Race Across America is a bicycle race that is 700 miles longer than the Tour de France and has no stages. This means the competitors race about 3,000 miles and rarely stop. 

Iran tried to get into the Guinness book of world records by making the world’s largest sandwich. But people started eating it before it could be officially measured so they failed. – 

Didn’t know that thanks Rocky

                          In British Army, the only rank allowed to grow a beard is Pioneer Sergeant. 

    During WW2, Winston Churchill required a pressurized chamber known as the Life Pod to fly due to his health. It included a phone, an ashtray and an air circulation system so that he could smoke.

Good grief

Victorian maid Kate Webster chopped up her mistress, boiled her and then assumed her identity. Her body was discovered in the garden of English naturalist David Attenborough 130 years later. 

 French Physician, René Laennec invented the stethoscope because he was unable to hear a patient’s heart due to their “great degree of fatness”. –

    When Sylvester Stallone was preparing for his POW character in Victory he only ate 200 calories a day to establish the lean POW look for the film