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Be Amazed

Be Amazed

Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to the internet, random facts are hardly few and far between – but how do you sort the trash from the good stuff? Thankfully you don’t have to, that’s my job. Here are some more trivia tidbits that’ll amaze you and your friends



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0:00.0

When it comes to the internet, random facts are hardly few and far between.

0:04.0

But how do you sort the trash from the good stuff?

0:07.0

Thankfully, you don't have to. That's my job.

0:10.0

You're listening. You're listening.

0:14.0

You're listening.

0:15.0

You're listening.

0:16.0

You're listening.

0:17.0

It's illegal for dockies to sleep in a bathtub in Arizona.

0:23.6

Laws are always made for a reason, but even the smartest brains might have trouble imagining

0:28.6

why the state of Arizona prohibits donkeys from sleeping in bathtubs.

0:32.6

After all, what could be criminal about a classic farmyard animal getting 40 winks?

0:38.1

The story goes that in 1924, a dam near the city of Kingman collapsed, causing a flash flood

0:43.7

that floated a donkey in a bathtub a mile into the valley.

0:47.3

It soon transpired that the donkey had climbed into a tub that was abandoned outside its owner's

0:51.9

property and settled down for a nap.

0:54.2

Before the unexpected turn of events caused it to become stranded.

0:58.2

The townspeople went to such a great expense to rescue the donkey from the bathtub

1:02.1

that they lobbied for a lot of events such an exhausting event from ever happening again.

1:07.1

From that point on, it was decreed that, although they may stand and be bathed, a donkey must never, ever sleep in a bathtub.

1:13.6

Presumably, the donkey had no say in the matter.

1:16.6

Animals went on trial in medieval Europe.

1:19.6

In the fall of 1457, villagers in Savigny, France witnessed a sow accompanied by her six piglets attack and kill a five-year-old boy.

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