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Barbara Mikkelson

Obituary Thieves

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Burglars check obituaries and rob homes while the occupants are attending funerals.

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Dying Phones Call 911

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Some cordless phones call 911 by themselves when their batteries run low.

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Gunther Burpus

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Was a German man caught bare-assed in cat door mistaken for a work of performance art?

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Urine on Restaurant Mints

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Are traces of urine routinely found on the mints handed out at restaurants?

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The Unhealthy Bathtub

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Was it once believed that taking baths was injurious to a person's health?

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Urine in Coffee Pot

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

A vengeful co-worker made it his practice to urinate into the office coffee pot.

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Golf Bag Thrown in Water Hazard

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

If you're going to throw your golfbag into a water hazard, make sure your car keys aren't in it.

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Etymology of Crips

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

What is the origin of name of the L.A. street gang known as the Crips?

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Desiderata Authorship

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Was the poem 'Desiderata' really discovered in a Baltimore church in 1692?

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Prince Leonard of Hutt River

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Deep in the heart of Australia a self-proclaimed prince rules over his self-proclaimed principality.

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Albert Einstein Introduction

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Albert Einstein does Las Vegas.

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Shared Lottery Ticket

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Did a waitress receive a winning lottery ticket as a tip?

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Lottery Suicide

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Did a man who forgot to play his lotto numbers kill himself when they came up?

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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Was there really a 'man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo'?

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Shoeless Joe

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Did an unkempt, filthy, shoeless bum ran a $400 cheque into a $1.6 million fortune in Las Vegas?

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The Runaway Gurney

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Did an elderly patient meet his demise when the stretcher he was on took off down a hill with him?

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Wife Crushes Husband

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Did a woman kill her husband by sitting on him?

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Silence Falls on Conversation at Twenty Past the Hour

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Does an inexplicable silence invariably strike group conversations at twenty past the hour?

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Cross-Coupled

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998

Bulgarian couples meet in an unexpected encounter.

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Light, Vehicle, Transportation

Livermore Long-Burning Lightbulb

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 31, 1998 (Updated: May 25, 2021)

A lightbulb has been burning continuously since 1901.

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