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1. The Tidong tribe of Indonesia believes that if a newlywed couple holds in their poop for three straight days, their marriage is less likely to fail.

After her husband died, Elizabeth Feodorovna became a nun, hoping to atone for his sins—but her dark fate seems like proof that it was too little, too late.

1. In 2010, a Florida jail forced some inmates to watch The Polar Express on repeat. One inmate filed a lawsuit claiming that “I hear those little kids screaming through my brain.”

01. In 1998, an 8-year-old boy named Robbie Middleton was tied to a tree and set on fire. Thanks to a deposition he gave on his deathbed, his family was awarded $150 billion in damages. #disaster #billion #bristol #didyouknow

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01. In 2016, a 10-year old boy named Caleb Schwab was decapitated when he was ejected from his raft on Verrückt, a 168-foot-tall water slide.

1. Ursula Parker, the girl who plays Jane in Louie, is a violin child prodigy. She played at Carnegie Hall at the age of 8.

01. In Sweden, your car headlights have to be ON at all times when driving, even in broad daylight.

"There is something evil in her that can never be fixed."

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