Swan Upping
Swan Upping is an annual ceremonial and practical activity in Britain in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and then released.
James Eads How
James Eads Howwas an American organizer of the hobo community in the early 20th century. He was heir of a wealthy St. Louis family, but chose to live as a hobo and to help the homeless migrant workers. The newspapers often referred to him as the "Millionaire Hobo".
Neptune Grass
In 2006 a huge clonal colony of Neptune Grass was discovered south of the island of Ibiza. At 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) across and possibly up to 100,000 years of age, it may be one of the largest and oldest clonal colonies on Earth.
Pando
Pando (or The Trembling Giant) is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) located in the U.S. state of Utah, all determined to be part of a single living organism by identical genetic markers and one massive underground root system, although whether it is a single tree is disputed, as it depends on one's definition of an individual tree. The plant is estimated to weigh collectively 6,000 tonnes (6,615 tons), making it the heaviest known organism. The root system of Pando is claimed by some to be among the oldest known living organisms in existence at 80,000 years of age.
British Lawnmower Museum
The British Lawnmower Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of the lawnmowers in northern England.
Grigori Perelman
Grigori Perelman is a Russian mathematician of Jewish descent, who has made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology. In particular, he proved Thurston's geometrization conjecture. This solves in the affirmative the famous Poincaré conjecture, posed in 1904, which was viewed as one of the most important and difficult open problems in mathematics until it was solved.
Elevator surfing
Elevator surfing is an activity involving moving around on top of elevators, or jumping between moving elevators where possible.
Filibuster
A filibuster is a type of parliamentary procedure. Specifically, it is a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body whereby one attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a proposal.
Taman Shud Case
Considered one of Australia's most profound murder mysteries, the case has been the subject of intense speculation over the years regarding the identity of the victim, the events leading up to his death and the cause of death.
Brooks
Brooks has been making leather bicycle saddles since 1866.