Who Done it?
This (living) person bought a massive, decommissioned Soviet era military fighter jet as a toy, only to lock himself out of the cockpit while showing it to guests.
Who is Elon Musk?
In this state local officials tried to get rid of a rotting, dead, 8 ton whale carcass by packing it with half a ton of dynamite resulting in a rain of blubber that crushed nearby parked cars.
Where is Florence, Oregon?
The Cartoon Network made this stupid choice to buy the rights to this famous yet stupid show that everyone knows about.
Hint: Underwater show
What is turning down Spongebob?
On top of a hot dog vendor's umbrella, during rush hour, in Times Square, insects did this.
What is 20,000 honeybees deciding to build a temporary home?
This happens every summer on a specific street in Austin, Texas. thousands of residents gather in the brutal heat just to do this for fun.
What is having a city wide, food fight with stale or soggy tortillas?
This animal swam back and forth for 12 hours a day at a Central Park zoo because of pure boredom with his habitat.
What is a polar bear?
People called him the "bipolar polar bear"
There is a squirrel crossing called "Nutty Narrows". It has rope bridges 20 feet above the road to help squirrels cross safely and avoid traffic.
Where is Longview, Washington?
This stupid choice was known as, "The Pig War", and almost caused an international diplomatic crisis.
What is an American farmer shooting a potato eating pig owned by a British man?
This happened in Atlanta, Georgia, on a highway because of a crash. Someone was carrying a type of liquid.
What is a delivery truck spilling soap, resulting in bubbles up to car windows?
The police tried to spray it off, but it just made the bubbles bigger.
This happens every year in Vermilion, Ohio. Kids and parents all gather to do this breakfast themed tradition.
What is seeing who can throw a syrup covered pancake the farthest?
This American billionaire and aviation tycoon became so obsessed with Baskin Robin's banana nut ice cream that he ordered 350 gallons of it only to declare he was sick of it the next day.
Who is Howard Hughes?
At this military base, there was a massive automated security lockdown mistakenly triggered because a roaming raccoon climbed over an exterior fence and tripped a highly sensitive laser wire, trapping hundreds of heavily armed troops.
Where is Fort Meade, Maryland?
Mark Twain was such a terrible investor that he made the mistake of not investing in this but investing in an automatic typesetting machine which failed losing him his life savings.
What is not investing in the telephone?
This happened in Philadelphia on the fourth night of the 2020 presidential election coverage.
Hint: a viral, major political campaign
You don't have to answer in the form of a question for this one.
The campaign accidentally booked a press conference at "The Four Seasons" -only to realize they booked a tiny gravel parking lot between a crematorium and an adult bookstore instead of the luxury hotel.
This underwater holiday tradition happens every December at a giant aquarium in Florida.
What is a a staff member dressing up as Santa with a full scuba suit and oxygen tank to swim with sharks and wave at kids?
This U.S. President loved his pet parrot, Poll, so he taught it how to speak. At his funeral, Poll was removed from the service because it wouldn't stop shouting curse words at the mourning crowd.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
In this national park a tourist famously made international headlines by trying to load a wild bison calf into the trunk of their car because they thought the animal looked cold.
Where is Yellowstone?
Timothy Palmer made this stupid decision because he was overconfident in his engineering skills but forgot to do one of the most important parts in the process of building a bridge.
What is forgetting to calculate how heavy a horse and buggy is?
In result, it collapsed into the river the day he opened the bridge.
This happened in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1986, during a charity fundraising event.
What is releasing 1.5 million helium balloons all at once, accidentally shutting down a local airport, clogging a nearby lake, and causing massive multi car highway pileups.
In Baltimore, Maryland, this annual, wacky race is called the "Kinetic Sculpture Race".
What is building giant, human powered, moving works of art shaped like dragons and pink elephants and trying to pedal them through mud, sand, and water?
This president got sick on a diplomatic trip to Japan in 1992, resulting in him throwing up on the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister during a formal state dinner?
Who is George H.W. Bush?
In Japan they now have a slang word that means, " to do a Bush".
In this state there was a runaway, 25 foot tall inflatable art installation of a yellow rubber duck that broke free to go tumbling down a busy four lane highway during rush hour.
Where is Des Moines, Iowa?
In San Francisco, California in 1906, a zookeeper made this stupid choice resulting in a hilarious encounter with the public?
What is leaving the monkey's cages unlocked over night?
The monkeys then spent the morning riding the city's famous public cable cars.
This happened at a routine minor league baseball game in Portland, Oregon, when a team executive decided to celebrate "Grandparent's Day".
In Virginia City, Nevada, thousands of people gather every winter for the "Outhouse Races".
What is decorating outhouses on skis and racing them down hills?