Since this is an off-topic discussion, how about a thread of weird 'interesting' things that people might be interested to read.

E.g. how about David Hahn, the 'Radioactive Boy Scout'. In an attempt to get his boy scout 'Atomic Energy Badge', David Hahn collected nuclear materials and built a possibly working (definitely highly radioactive) breeder reactor in his parent's shed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn

Any other potentially interesting obscure facts/events/people?