50 Bits Of Information From The ‘Unusual Facts’ FB Page That May Raise Eyebrows

Not quite alone the whole time. The guy at the back is René Lafortune who has been helping him for decades. Also his father came to live with him in his final years. They are both buried on the island. It’s a tourist attraction now getting busier and busier. When I first visited shortly after Grimshaw’s death the island had one guard on it and no other tourists. Beautiful birds flocked right by the entrance and the tortoises were friendly and happy. Last time I’ve been 6 months ago the place was packed. The birds were gone. Tortoises look sad and try to hide from people. There is a cafe/restaurant now, litter all around. Asian tourists were taking pictures sitting on the tortoises and guards did nothing. Some sort of construction or renovation was going on in there. Grimshaw is turning in his grave. So much work and tourists destroy everything in 10 years, no respect for his lifelong work whatsoever. And the government let it happen for an easy profit.

the guy in the back looks like the water is incredibly cold

Faith in humanity restored!

Brilliant!

"He was the sole inhabitant of the island until his death in 2012." I thought there were 16,000 trees, giant tortoises, and a variety of birds? Where'd they go?

This cat is looking for food😂 Hey yo, my food dish is empty!

Oh my heart 🥲

People that say cats don’t like humans have never met a cat that actually likes them. Cats are awesome and can be just as loyal as dogs. I’ve had cats all my life and can not imagine a life without them

I'd like to know how he found the right grave.

Awwwww, this is so sweet and sad at the same time

That's very cool. In the US, they would have closed the station and told the student to move.

Meanwhile the bus schedule here can be summed up as "Good luck lol"

thats really sweet. they probably lost money bc of her, and this partially restored my faith in humanity

Did she let them know if she was going to be away one week?

that would sadly never happen in the UK

If she had sued the state for pain and suffering due to losing her husband to unwarranted and extended jail time and causing tge breakdown of their marriage, I would understand that, but to go after HIM? No way biatch

What kind of hallucinogenic substance did she take to imagine she had even the slightest right to part of that money?

Should have been a million for each year

The UK rubs salt into the wound of false convictions and compensation by deducting money for being fed and housed whilst in prison. Changes could soon be brought in to stop this. I’d try and sue the government for loss of earnings and the police for perjury.

I wouldn't say HIS money, but she could sue arguing his wrongful conviction screwed up her life too.

Fella needs more enrichment

An octopus named eight in Italian. Very original.

Obviously, Otto is bored. Intelligent animals get that way in captivity if their surroundings aren’t stimulating enough. Hope they at least moved that light.

haha he sounds bored 😂

We went to an aquarium in New Zealand, they had one that kept climbing out and eating fish in the tank across from his, he'd go back to his. Until one night he got out and went through a drain, across the road and into the sea.

According to several articles he was quite a funny guy

He's also the owner of the record for the furthest a human has been from Earth.

There's a really good song by Jethro Tull about him.

Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan flew the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) to within 14.4 kilometers (7.8 nmi) of the lunar surface, before returning to dock with the Command and Service Module (CSM) crewed by John Young. It has been postulated that Stafford and Cernan seriously considered landing on the moon, which their LM was capable of, although both strenuously denied it.

In my town we have a small private school named after him- and they focus a lot on aerodynamics and those fun stuff