Old people in Japan assisted in the cleanup of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, so young people didn't have to risk exposure to radiation.

Early Sears catalogs were made smaller than competing catalogs so that housewives would stack them on top.

Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges to make money from people not buying Elvis merchandise.

Singapore elevators can detect urine and lock the doors until police arrive.

In 1998 Sony had a chance to buy the rights to almost all Marvel characters for $25 million, but only opted for Spider-man.

The music video Runaway Train helped find 26 missing children after they were featured in the video.

A bar owner brought Lemmy Kilmister's favorite arcade game to his apartment so he could play it while terminally ill.

During prohibition poison was added to industrial alcohol to prevent its consumption, 10,000 to 50,000 people died because of this.

A man from Japan makes homemade meals for this vending machine.

Street dogs in Russia have been known to use trains to commute between locations.

The band Chicago once put a telephone booth on stage called the "Snortorium" so they could do lines mid-concert.

Wheelchair athletes have been known to intentionally injure themselves on the lower body. This raises their blood pressure for increased performance, and has been banned for cheating.