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The Militia of the Faith of Jesus Christ was founded to defend the lands of Amaury de Montfort, leader of the Albigensian Crusade. 
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| Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (pictured) was the only signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence to have been born in the Land of Israel. |
| Despite $170m spent on security, Australian comedy group The Chaser managed to enter the restricted zone of the 2007 APEC Summit in a fake motorcade. |
| U.S. soldiers considered the silver chevrons awarded for non-combat service in World War I a badge of shame. |
| The half-brother of William the Conqueror, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, was successfully tried for defrauding the Archbishop of Canterbury of church property a decade after the Norman Conquest of England. |
| The All-American Wistert brothers Albert, Alvin and Whitey wore number 11 and played offensive tackle as University of Michigan Wolverines before being named to the College Football Hall of Fame. |
| The car combat video game Grudge Warriors was the first PlayStation title by Take-Two Interactive not requiring payment of a licensing fee to Sony. |
| The obelisk in Rome's Piazza Montecitorio (pictured) was erected in 10 BC as a giant sundial gnomon, but stopped keeping accurate time within 30 years. |
| Saint Terence was proclaimed the patron saint of Pesaro for appearing in times of crisis, lifting a siege of the Italian town by French troops in 1739. |
| The resort town Arniston, Western Cape near Cape Agulhas, the southern-most tip of Africa, was named after Arniston, an East Indiaman that shipwrecked in the vicinity in 1815. |
| Les Parrott, a professor of clinical psychology, a motivational speaker, and a Nazarene minister, co-created, along with his wife, the eHarmony Marriage program. |
| The firm formed by John Brogden to build Manchester Victoria station and various railroads to the rapidly expanding Manchester in mid-19th century began as a contractor to undertake the sweeping, cleansing and watering of the city. |
| In 2003, thousands of dead cod mysteriously washed up on the shores of Smith Sound, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador with their internal organs frozen solid. |
| Manuela Beltrán (monument pictured) was a Colombian woman who organized a peasant revolt against excessive taxation in 1780. |
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