1Noisy dogs
In 2010, a man named Andrew Nicklin from the West Midlands, UK was arrested for recording his neighbor’s noisy dogs and playing the noise back at his neighbor.
2Dean Karnazes
A man named Dean Karnazes has a physiological advantage in that he doesn't seem to have a lactate threshold and thus he was able to run 350 miles in under 81 hours without sleep.
3Werner Forssmann
Werner Forssmann was the first man to perform cardiac catheterization. He did it on himself then walked downstairs to the radiology department to take the x-ray to prove you would not die. He was fired, became a Nazi and then won the Nobel Prize.
4Gilberto Chito Shedden
A local fisherman in Costa Rica named Gilberto “Chito” Shedden nursed a crocodile back to health after it had been shot in the head, and released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered “Pocho” had followed him home and was sleeping on the man's porch. For 20 years, Pocho became part of the man's family.
5Puppies
A Chinese man bought and raised two puppies, whom he cared for despite their frequent killing and eating of his chickens. He later discovered that they were bears.
6Leo Grand
A homeless man named Leo Grand was offered $100 or the chance to learn how to code by a stranger. He chose how to code and released an app.
7Sinkhole
In 2013, a man in Florida ran to his brother's bedroom after hearing him scream only to find the entire room and his brother being swallowed by a sinkhole. They were never able to find the body of his brother.
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8Richard Handl
A Swedish man named Richard Handl was arrested for trying to split atoms of uranium on his kitchen stove. On 2011, he was detained by police after he personally called the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) to inquire whether his project was legal or not.
9Adam Armstrong
In 2015, a man named Adam Armstrong changed his name by deed poll to match his misprinted airline ticket as it was cheaper than paying the airline’s admin fee.
10Brandon Preveau
A Chicago man named Brandon Preveau bought a car in his ex-girlfriend's name and - after the breakup - abandoned it by illegally parking it at the O'hare airport. The car then accumulated over $100,000 on 678 parking tickets, which the city asked the ex-girlfriend to pay.
