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We’ve all heard the stories about the man that mailed himself to his destination instead of buying a plane ticket because it was cheaper.  Well even though a lot of these are urban myths, it turns out there are actually a couple of documented cases of people parceling themselves up and sending themselves through the mail.  Read more on the human mail wiki page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mail

The name is probably exactly what you think it is.  The world’s first open source soft drink.  How you may ask can a coke be open source?  I was wondering the same thing so I checked out their very own opencola wikipedia article.  Turns out it’s quite simple.  OpenCola is an open source drink because it publishes it’s recipe and allows people to make their own cola drink from it.  Apparently it was meant to be a marketing gimik but turned out to be quite a seller, selling over 150,000 cans.  Check out the open source cola wiki page here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola

So the theory is that Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in 1966 and was replaced by a look a like and sound a like.  As with all great conspirecy theories this ones comes backed with a whole bunch of interesting evidence including clues in album covers and songs.  Is Paul McCartney really dead?  Decide for yourself after you have read the Paul McCartney is dead wiki article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead

I’ve seen some odd town names in the past (mostly rude ones) but
Punkeydoodles Corners is about as weird as them come.  Not only is Punkeydoodles Corners a weird town name, it also has a history of the sign post being stolen, which I am not really that surprised about.  I would probably steal it myself and hang it in my office.  Read more about Punkeydoodles Corners in it’s wikipedia article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punkeydoodles_Corners

When I saw the title of this wiki article it really grabbed my attention. Apparently it was supposed to have been created by the Germans in the 19th century. The pickled dragon in a jar was given to the British natural history museum and was supposed to fool them into believing it was a real dragon. In reality though the dragon in a jar was created for the BBC tv series walking with dinasours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled_dragon

Who would have thought that a simple funny T-Shirt could stir up so much controversy? That’s exactly what the T-Shirt with the slogan Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them did. So much so that it actually sparked national debated and caused the t-shirts to be removed from shops. Of course as with all good controversy all it did was manage to boost sales Read all about Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them in their own wiki article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_are_stupid%2C_throw_rocks_at_them!

This mistake by the BBC news was a classic but it’s non the less impressive to see that Guy Goma got his own wikipedia page. It looks like Guy got his 15 mintues and then some more. The mistake started when Guy went to the BBC for a job interview (it was originally reported that he was a cab driver which was actually incorrect. Through some classic mix up he ended up appearing live on the BBC news being interviewed about a recent Apple court case. Read all about Guy on his wikipedia page below and make sure you watch the video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Goma

What better way to start off this blog than a post about the toilets in Japan. Yep, welcome to the wierd world of wiki’s. Hard to believe that people have created a wiki page about the toilets in Japan (and quite a long page at that) but it’s true. If you read the page you can see why. With all the features going in those toilets it’s worth deicating a whole page to. In fact I wouldn’t be suprised if some of the wiki page was created while sitting on one of those Japanese toilets, enjoying all the features they have to offer.

Read all about the Japanese toilets here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan