Truly Bizarre History #2 - Statistics

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In China, references to this children’s show character are frequently censored, as many have noted his resemblance to president Xi Jinping. Winnie the Pooh
70%
A chicken named Mike in Fruita, Colorado, gained fame for surviving 18 months without a ____. Head
65%
Tycho Brahe, an astronomer and alchemist who, at the time, was the richest man in Denmark, wore a brass prosthetic ____ after his was cut off in a duel. Nose
60%
This US president was so fat, that he got stuck in his bathtub and needed six men to get him unstuck. William Howard Taft
60%
In 1866 this small nation sent an army of 80 soldiers out to fight. They returned with 81. Liechtenstein
55%
This philosopher from Sinope and founder of cynicism lived in a large barrel, and would hurl obscenities at passers-by and publicly defecate. Diogenes
30%
Mexican president Pedro Lascuráin held the shortest term in the country’s history, lasting only this long in office. Under an hour
30%
US president John Quincy Adams kept one of these as a pet in the White House for several months. Alligator
25%
This dictator was known for his obsession with dairy, owning a record-producing dairy cow as a pet and opening the world’s largest ice cream parlor in his country’s capital. Fidel Castro
25%
Under communist Chinese rule, Tibetan buddhists cannot legally do this without the government’s permission. Reincarnate
20%
Superstitions ran high in the Congo when, during a soccer game in 1998, all members of one team died and all members of another team survived after the field was _____________. Struck by lightning
20%
Michel Lotito was known for eating many strange things, the most outrageous of which being one of these. Airplane
15%
While in France, this famous British actor witnessed the last execution via guillotine in 1977. Christopher Lee
15%
Draco, the first legislator of Ancient Greece, was crushed to death when visiting the island of Aegina, when fans threw a massive amount of this at him. Clothes
5%
In 1848, railway worker Phineas Gage had one of these objects shot through his brain following an explosion. He somehow lived for another 12 years afterwards. Tamping iron
5%
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