Engaging in bear wrestling is considered to be an act of bear exploitation and is classified as a Class B Felony in Alabama.
Facts
Oysters in New York
In an effort to cleanse the water and establish marine ecosystems, New York City is reintroducing millions of oysters to its harbor. The city has been gathering discarded shells from nearby restaurants to build habitats for juvenile oysters.
River Monsters
The Animal Planet TV show “River Monsters” came to an end as all major species of freshwater fish were captured by its host, Jeremy Wade. Consequently, the show exhausted its content.
Private VIP tours at Walt Disney World
Private VIP tours are available at Walt Disney World in Florida for a fee ranging from $450 to $900 per hour, with a minimum booking requirement of 7 hours. It is important to note that all participants must purchase their own theme park admission separately.
Sandwich, England
John Montagu, from the town of Sandwich, England, is credited with inventing the sandwich. Montagu’s gambling obsession left him little time for seated meals, leading him to request his valet to bring him a piece of meat placed between two slices of bread, which eventually became known as a sandwich.
Ashtrays on commercial aircrafts
Despite smoking being prohibited on commercial aircraft, ashtrays are still required to be installed on the doors of airplane lavatories. This is to provide a safe means of disposal for smokers who may choose to break the rules.
the pilot episode of LOST
At the time of its production, the pilot episode of LOST held the record for being the most expensive pilot episode in television history. However, the network president who approved the pilot faced consequences and was terminated from their position due to the high cost of the episode.
Acclaim
The video game maker “Acclaim” was named by its founders in such a way that it would appear before their former employer “Activision” and “Accolade,” another company established by ex-Activision employees, in alphabetical listings, following the same logic as that behind the establishment of Activision itself by ex-Atari employees.
Adoption of the metric system by the USA
The adoption of the metric system by the USA was hindered when pirates hijacked the ship transporting the standardized meter and kilogram in 1793, preventing the delivery of the measurements to the country. Consequently, the USA did not fully transition to the metric system.
The first public toilet
George Jennings created the public toilet which was first unveiled at the Great Exhibition in 1851. It was available for use at the cost of one penny, and this led to the popularization of the phrase “To spend a penny” as a euphemism for using the toilet in the United Kingdom.
During the exhibition, the public toilet received an impressive 827,280 visitors, all of whom paid one penny to access its amenities, including a clean seat, towel, comb, and shoe shine.
Despite plans to close down the toilets after the exhibition ended, Jennings convinced the organizers to keep them open. This decision proved to be wise, as the public toilet went on to generate an annual income of over £1,000. Jennings famously remarked that “the civilization of a people can be measured by their domestic and sanitary appliances,” while his critics argued that “visitors are not coming to the Exhibition merely to wash.”