It is illegal in many countries to perform surgical procedures on an octopus without anesthesia due to their intelligence.
Netflix, iTunes, Hulu and Amazon have all refused to stream the 200th and 201st episode of South Park due to the appearance of Muhammad in them. They are currently unavailable to watch anywhere legally as South Park was also forced to partially censor the episodes on the DVD releases.
Hitler loved pranks. He once tricked a high ranking Nazi into thinking he was going on a suicide mission, causing him to escape, hand himself over to the allies and give up vital info.
Before trees were common, Earth was covered by giant mushrooms.
1945 - Soviet troops capture Krakow, Poland
1958 - Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League
1966 - Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres
1969 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25
2013 - Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories
2013 - Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
1613 - Jacques Huyn, composer
1873 - Hans E Blaich, writer
1910 - Willi Schmidt, Germany, director
1963 - Martin Bashir, Pakistani-born reporter
1973 - Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity
1982 - Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
639 - Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies
1479 - Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
1629 - Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
1987 - Gerald Brenan, English writer, dies at 92
1997 - James Dickey, poet/novelist, dies at 84
2014 - Bert Williams, English footballer, dies at 93
