Figment of My Reality

Hear about how Rock, Paper, Scissors settled a $20 Million art deal and how cocaine was mixed with some alcoholic bevs!

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/artsy-christies-sothebys-rock-paper-scissors/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/style/article/artsy-christies-sothebys-rock-paper-scissors/index.html)

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/29/arts/design/rock-paper-payoff-childs-play-wins-auction-house-an-art-sale.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/29/arts/design/rock-paper-payoff-childs-play-wins-auction-house-an-art-sale.html)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Mariani)

https://pilcrow.squarespace.com/stories/vinmariani#:~:text=Mariani%20made%20many%20dubious%20claims,produced%20by%20regular%20cocaine%20use. (https://pilcrow.squarespace.com/stories/vinmariani#:~:text=Mariani%20made%20many%20dubious%20claims,produced%20by%20regular%20cocaine%20use.)

Hear about the man who could devour everything.. except a banana! and about a man who bet millions on a coin flip!

Sources:

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/mangetout/ (https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/mangetout/)

https://www.flight-delayed.co.uk/blog/2018/07/06/monsieur-mangetout-the-man-who-ate-an-airplane (https://www.flight-delayed.co.uk/blog/2018/07/06/monsieur-mangetout-the-man-who-ate-an-airplane)

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/05/what-was-the-largest-bet-ever-made/ (http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/05/what-was-the-largest-bet-ever-made/)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Packer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Packer)

Escaping a zoo sanctuary multiple times and figuring out where it hurts the most to get stung.

Sources:

https://honesttopaws.com/ken-allen-escaping-orangutan/ (https://honesttopaws.com/ken-allen-escaping-orangutan/)

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2041628_2041646_2041609,00.html (http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2041628_2041646_2041609,00.html)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Allen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Allen)

https://modernfarmer.com/2016/06/bee-studies/ (https://modernfarmer.com/2016/06/bee-studies/)

Looking at rare and crazing mental illnesses and a sport that is a mental and physical fight.

On this week's episode, hear about how the Swiss we've come to know as a neutral power invaded the same country 3 times in less than 30 years! And how one specific French artist made singularity his calling card!

Sources:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/witzerland-invaded-liechtenstein-by-mistake-x.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Klein (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Klein)

http://www.yvesklein.com/en/biographie/ (http://www.yvesklein.com/en/biographie/)

On this week's episode of FOMR, check out what happened to the man who Pressed his luck a little too far and hear about some of the dumbest laws still enforced to this day!

Sources:

https://steemit.com/story/@winstonwolfe/the-story-of-michael-larson-and-the-press-your-luck-gameshow-scandal (https://steemit.com/story/@winstonwolfe/the-story-of-michael-larson-and-the-press-your-luck-gameshow-scandal)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson)

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/g4039/crazy-state-laws/ (https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/g4039/crazy-state-laws/)

Hear about one of the best pranks a nation has pulled on.. their own people! and about a man who joins the ranks of Captain Hook and Aqua-Man.

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/spaghetti-tree-hoax (https://allthatsinteresting.com/spaghetti-tree-hoax)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax)

http://www.historynaked.com/chevalier-henri-de-tonti-thunder-arm/ (http://www.historynaked.com/chevalier-henri-de-tonti-thunder-arm/)

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-de-Tonty (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-de-Tonty)

A man loses his way while running in the desert and a fast food ad game.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30046426 (https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30046426)

https://www.mensjournal.com/features/crazy-in-the-desert-w474055/ (https://www.mensjournal.com/features/crazy-in-the-desert-w474055/)

https://moneywise.com/a/the-worst-fast-food-fails-in-history (https://moneywise.com/a/the-worst-fast-food-fails-in-history)

https://www.westword.com/restaurants/the-ten-worst-fast-food-ad-campaigns-5775016 (https://www.westword.com/restaurants/the-ten-worst-fast-food-ad-campaigns-5775016)

https://www.thestreet.com/markets/mcfailures-10-worst-fast-food-flops-of-all-time-12964838 (https://www.thestreet.com/markets/mcfailures-10-worst-fast-food-flops-of-all-time-12964838)

Want to hear about how two instructors at Princeton University used a live cat as a telephone? How about the creation story behind the friendly neighborhood web-slinging hero with personal issues that we all love? That's what we get into this week on FOMR!

Sources:

https://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2017/04/the-cat-telephone/ (https://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2017/04/the-cat-telephone/)

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/princeton-cat-experiment/ (https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/princeton-cat-experiment/)

https://www.history101.com/turned-a-cat-into-a-phone/ (https://www.history101.com/turned-a-cat-into-a-phone/)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMo9Guj5gCc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMo9Guj5gCc)

Hear about the some of the worst case scenarios in which to bring a baby into this world and about possibly the worst thing that can happen to a bandit after death.

Sources:

https://mythcrafts.com/2017/06/08/the-curious-case-of-elmer-mccurdy-the-bandit-who-wouldnt-give-up/#:~:text=The%20answer%20is%20Elmer%20McCurdy,life%20in%20a%20rough%20way. (https://mythcrafts.com/2017/06/08/the-curious-case-of-elmer-mccurdy-the-bandit-who-wouldnt-give-up/#:~:text=The%20answer%20is%20Elmer%20McCurdy,life%20in%20a%20rough%20way.)

https://truewestmagazine.com/the-bandit-who-wouldnt-give-up/ (https://truewestmagazine.com/the-bandit-who-wouldnt-give-up/)

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-woman-lost-forest-20150630-story.html (https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-woman-lost-forest-20150630-story.html)

https://abc7news.com/bizarre-news-giving-birth-in-forest-gives-wild/819606/ (https://abc7news.com/bizarre-news-giving-birth-in-forest-gives-wild/819606/)