John Elwes was a man so adversed to spending money that he’d put Mister Krabs to shame and could reportedly hold onto a penny so hard it would turn into a shilling out of pure fear. Amazingly Elwes wasn’t poor, quite the opposite in fact, he was a millionaire! He just didn’t like spending money, like at all.
The Prehistoric Fish That Could Bite A Shark In Half
Though it kind of looks like a cross between a Pez dispenser and a dump-truck someone stuck googly eyes on for a joke, the dunkleosteus (pictured above) owned one of the most powerful set of jaws in the entire animal kingdom, ever. A set of jaws so powerful they could literally bite a modern shark in half.
How a Fictional Band Sold 3 Million Singles, Without Releasing a Single
During the mid 80’s Jem and the Holograms dominated Saturday morning television, espousing the benefits of capitalism and copious amounts of hairspray and dye to a generation of impressionable young girls and boys. For some reason though, despite the show centring around the exploits of a fictional band and the fact each series contained dozens of full-length songs, the producers of the show never saw fit to release an album of Jem songs to the public, which didn’t stop one of them going triple platinum anyway.
The Queen’s Guards Don’t F**k Around
The Queen’s Guards, AKA those guys who wear big furry hats and stand outside the Queen’s house are amongst some of the most well-trained and respected soldiers in the British army and, as you’d expect from guys who can pull off a fuzzy red hat/assault rifle combo, they don’t let people dick them around.
That Time Uwe Boll Beat up a Bunch of his Critics
Uwe Boll is a controversial figure online who has, over the years, had so many people online tell him that they wanted to kick his ass that in 2006 he decided to challenged his more vocal (read: dickhead) critics to a boxing match, in which he proceeded to beat the everloving shit out of them.
