Michael Larson - "Press Your Luck" contestant who won over $100,000 because he was able to notice the flashing lights pattern ( en.wikipedia.org )
Green Boots - a name given to the unidentified body of a climber that became a landmark on the main Northeast ridge route of Mount Everest. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Green Boots is the name given to the unidentified body of a climber that became a landmark on the main Northeast ridge route of Mount Everest. The body has not been officially identified, but he is believed to be Tsewang Paljor, an Indian climber who died on Everest in 1996. The term Green Boots originated from the green Koflach...
Unit 731 - Secret Japanese project that carried out human medical experiments during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II ( en.wikipedia.org )
Balut (food) - is a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell. ( www.wikipedia.org )
Wicked Bible - An infamous bad translation of the Bible to English which includes errors such as encouraging adultery among Christians ( en.wikipedia.org )
Choking game - An internet challenge of intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain to gain temporary loss of consciousness and euphoria. The challenge resulted in the deaths of 82 youths. ( en.wikipedia.org )
See also: Blackout challenge
Kai Tak Airport - Major international airport closed in 1998 where planes literally almost crashed constantly due to right-hand turn over the city ( en.wikipedia.org )
hitchBOT - Hitchhiking robot that relied on human kindness that was decapitated, dismembered, and discarded in Philadelphia ( en.wikipedia.org )
Sada Abe: A Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, Kichizō Ishida via strangulation before cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her kimono. ( www.wikipedia.org )
Murder of Junko Furuta - The crime has been described as the worst case of juvenile delinquency in post-war Japan. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Hinterkaifeck murders - The murders are considered one of the most gruesome and puzzling unsolved crimes in German history. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Rat king - A collection of rats whose tails are intertwined and bound together in some way ( en.wikipedia.org )
See also: Squirrel king
Zone of Death (Yellowstone) - The part of Yellowstone National Park, where any crime can technically be committed without punishment ( en.wikipedia.org )
Joyce Vincent - An English woman whose death went unnoticed for more than two years. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Krzywy Domek - Unusually shaped building in Poland that mimics the visual effect of a funhouse mirror ( en.wikipedia.org )
Zersetzung - Psychological warfare used by Eastern Germany to undermine the self-confidence, mental stability and relationships of its political opponent ( en.wikipedia.org )
Marvin Heemeyer - Spent months turning a bulldozer into a hulking armored vengeance weapon dubbed the “Killdozer” ( en.wikipedia.org )
Raymond Robinson (Green Man) - Severely disfigured man whose years of nighttime walks made him into a figure of urban legend ( en.wikipedia.org )
Dee Dee Blanchard - Mother is murdered and it seems her severely disabled daughter was kidnapped, but things are not always as they appear ( en.wikipedia.org )
Gloria Ramirez, the Toxic Lady ( en.wikipedia.org )
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