A man tried to commit suicide by turning himself into a human explosive.

Fortunately, the 28-year-old man didn’t figure out the science quite right and was unable to kill himself. In able to become explosive, the man began by consuming large amounts of nitroglycerin tablets and vodka. 

These materials, though probably hazardous to the man’s health, didn’t turn the man into an explosive. He then repeatedly rammed himself into the wall, trying to explode. The demolition worker's failed suicide occurred in February 2001 in Michigan. 

Interestingly, despite working in demolition, he wasn’t thinking rationally enough to actually form a reasonable suicide plan for his own demolition. The man was admitted to the hospital for treatment. By the time of his admittance he had sustained serious bruising. 

He was given counseling and released from the hospital. The definitely wins the award for the most interesting suicide attempt, but the desire to die is an unfortunate situation. The prevalence of suicide is an extremely serious problem, and certainly not something to be taken lightly. 

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Ever heard of the Philadelphia Experiment? It's a conspiracy theory that the navy once had an invisible ship!

It sounds like science-fiction, but there was actually a campaign called Project Rainbow with the goal of making a ship invisible to enemies. Project Rainbow is also known as the Philadelphia project, and, though denied by the government, is a popular conspiracy theory. 

Though the story of what happened is very detailed, contradictions make the likelihood of it actually occurring a bit sketchy. In theory, the project relies on science discovered by Albert Einstein about electromagnetic radiation and gravity. Those who believe the navy succeeding in turning a ship invisible think that electrical generators were used to bend light and cause the ship to disappear from sight! 

Carl Meredith Allen was the main promoter of the theory about invisibility. Some people later said that he had a long history of mental illness. However, his story got enough attention from US officials, which propagated the myth of the Philadelphia experiment even more. 

Many of those who forwarded the story and added to its popularity relied on his proof and research. For this reason, many experts discount the theory. They also state other physical laws that make the scientific evidence cited by promoters of the theory null. What do you think: could we really use physics to make an entire ship disappear?

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Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos was cancelled mid air during the first episode!

I suppose the existence of a series called “Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos” is more of the “OMG fact” here than its cancellation. The show was a one-off special spinoff of “Australia’s Funniest Home Videos.” 

Rather than showing babies falling of tricycles or dogs jumping off roofs, the show depicted videos of sexual situations like a little girl grabbing a kangeroo’s scrotum and two people caught having sex in the middle of a park.

Like the 1969 American TV show Turn-on, it was taken off the air part-way through the broadcast of its first and only episode. “Australia’s Funniest Home Videos” received many racy of risqué videos that could not be sent back to the viewers according to the show’s policy, and had to be kept by the station. 

The producers decided to compile these videos into a one-off special aimed at an adult audience. The videos included animal genitalia, humans or animals engaging in sexual intercourse, people who accidently get disrobed, etc. When the network owner was informed about it, he saw it and called the studio operators to say; “Get that sh*t off the air.”

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The Rolling Stones recorded a cereal commercial before they were famous!

Long before anyone knew the Rolling Stones would make music history, they were instead making cereal history. In 1964, the musicians from the Rolling Stones were hired to help advertise for Kellogg’s rice crispies. 

The music group helped create a rock-and-roll commercial for rice crispies. Brian co-wrote the jingle for the commercial along with J. Walter Thompson ad agency. It was very upbeat and centered around the words snap, crackle, and pop. It parodied a game show called “Juke Box Jury,” a show that was popular in the United Kingdom. 

Perhaps for that reason, the commercial was only shown in England. Of course, the Rolling Stones would then go on to be an international phenomenon, so few will ever remember a short commercial they created in their early days. You don’t have to be a Rolling Stones fan to have heard the names Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts. 

Their music has been influenced by American blues and many other different genres. The band continues to perform, even as its members are starting to age. 

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Butter was the first food product allowed by law to have artificial coloring. It is completely white in its natural state.
- OMG Factoid #26