Lego produced 381 million tires in 2011, making the world’s largest rubber tire manufacturer by number of units produced.
In 2011, a man killed his wife inside the Walmart she was working at. Rather than close the store, they chose to just rope off the gore-splattered area while police investigated.
In 2011, a 61-year-old woman gave birth to her own grandson. The baby was conceived with an egg donated by her 35-year-old daughter.
The world’s most expensive musical instrument, a Stradivarius violin, was sold in 2011 for US$15.9 million.
In 2011, a 17-year old kid murdered his parents and hid their bodies in a locked bedroom so he could throw a huge house party.
In 2011, a Russian suicide bomber received an unexpected text message from its wireless carrier which triggered her belt bomb and killed her instantly.
In 2011, IBM’s Watson computer competed on Jeopardy! against two former winners and won the first place prize of US$1 million.
Moon landing conspiracy theories were proven wrong in 2011 when a NASA probe revealed high-resolution photos of the Apollo Moon landing sites.
In 2011, a small town in Spain, on the brink of financial ruin, bet on the world’s biggest lottery and won.