Just the facts

Hello, and welcome to the never ending fountain of knowledge that is Eccentric Spheres.

Today we once again dip our toes into the vast ocean of general knowledge and trivia, enjoy!

- After four years of eating Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries, a woman sued the distributor of Cap’n Crunch because she discovered that she was eating brightly-colored cereal balls and that “Crunchberries” aren’t a real fruit like she had thought.

- A 32,000 year old extinct Arctic flower was resurrected using seeds found by an Ice Age squirrel.

- Unlike James Bond, real MI6 agents don’t need a license to kill because everything they do outside the UK is already illegal. The UK spy agency makes Bond-like gadgets for operatives but, as one said after retiring; they “frequently fail to work upon arrival at our destination”.

- A young stripper named Shelly Bauman lost her leg in a freak confetti cannon accident. She sued and used the money from the settlement to open Seattle’s first gay bar, which she named “Shelly’s Leg.”

- On June 28, 2009, Stephen Hawking held a party open to all, complete with hors d’oeuvres and iced champagne, but only publicized the party after it was over so that only time-travelers would know to attend; as expected, nobody showed up to the party.

- George Washington feared the growing influence of political parties in the US. He thought that it would lead to “the alternate domination” of each party, taking revenge on each other in the form of reactionary political policies and that it would eventually cause the North and South to split.

- During a speech to senators intended to convince them that the dust bowl epidemic was a real issue, a massive dust cloud enveloped Washington DC, blackening the windows of the hearing and caking the room with dust. The Soil Conservation Act was passed later that year.

- The ancient Greeks didn’t wear pants because they found them “ridiculous”. The Romans didn’t wear them because it was seen as uncivilized and only Barbarians wore pants.

- In 1976 a Soviet pilot defected to Japan with one of their most advanced jet, a MiG-25P. They returned it after learning all its secrets with a $40k bill asking for the shipping fare and repair for the damage it caused to the runway.

- Webcams were invented because some computer scientists were too lazy to get up to check if their coffee was done.

That's that. Until next time, have an awesome week, and stay away from confetti cannons!