Strange facts

1. In 2008, a woman named Judy Kay Zagorski was killed when a 75-pound (34 kg) spotted eagle ray leapt out of the water and knocked her over. The ray also died.

1. The ‘Oscar Love Curse’ is a strong superstition that is believed to be true in Hollywood circles. According to it, a woman who is awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress is doomed to have her relationship fail, where her boyfriend or husband will cheat on her or divorce her soon after.

1. Thaipusam is a festival that is celebrated by the Tamil community of India. It is dedicated to Lord Murugan, the God of war, on the full moon in January or February. The festival is also known for its bizarre way of showing devotion to God. Devotees often pierce different parts of their body with silver skewers and take on other physical burdens.

The real world is full of the kind of coincidences you'd dismiss as bad writing if you saw them in a movie.

1. Jimi Hendrix had to learn how to play a right-handed guitar because his father believed left-handedness was the sign of the devil. He later played a right-handed guitar with his left hand.

For a few months, we have been collecting the strangest and most interesting facts we could find and turning them into cool drawings that we post on our Instagram. We have over 150 drawing ideas and counting now!

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