Odd News

Believe it or no, the coldest inhabited place on Earth is a village called Oymyakon in Siberia, Russia. If you were to go outside naked on an average day, you'd freeze to death in one minute. Its record low temperature is negative 96 degrees Fahrenheit.

Believe it or not, the world's shortest commercial flight is between two islands in northern Scotland. The flight is 1.7 miles and the official time is two minutes . . . but it takes closer to 47 seconds.

Believe it or no, the most common name for counties in the U.S. is Washington County, with 31. Jefferson County is second, with 26.

Believe it or no, Buzz Lightyear's original name was Lunar Larry.

Believe it or no, McDonald's feeds 68 million people per day . . . or just under 1% of the world's population.

Believe it or no, there are 292 ways to make change for a $1 bill . . . and 9.8 trillion ways to make change for a $100 bill.

Believe it or no, if the Sun exploded, it would take eight minutes and 20 seconds for all the energy to hit us . . . and kill us all.

A new study has found the items that each state is buying in disproportionate amounts, and the results are...odd.

Believe it or no, the Statue of Liberty is the tallest statue in the United States. Number two is . . . a statue of Pegasus and a dragon outside a horse racing track and casino in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

In a new first, Tuesday's baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Pittsburgh Pirates was delayed due to a drone hovering over the stadium.

If God has a sense of humor then we hope He's getting a big laugh at this!

According to Zippia (with absolutely no evidential or definitive reasoning for naming it as such) Minnesota's oddest-named town is...Castle Danger.