In 2000, cigarette giant Phillip Morris introduced fire-safe cigarettes which actually posed a greater risk of starting fires when left unattended.

In 2013, a man threatening to jump from the South Carolina Ravenel Bridge was convinced not to jump after being offered a pizza.

Some restaurants in China actually lace their foods with opiates to keep customers coming back.

A fifth-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother sent her a birthday cake to school along with a knife to cut it. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake and then reported the girl to the authorities for having a dangerous weapon.

A Chinese millionaire began selling cans of fresh air for eighty cents a can in response to China’s worsening air pollution and made over six million dollars.