Tiger King Facts That Will Make This Show Seem Even Crazier

Joe Exotic became an overnight sensation with the release of the hit Netflix docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness. However, even after 8 episodes detailing every insane detail about the world of big cat rescues, there's still a lot we don't know about the characters in the series. These fast facts will catch you up on everything you need to know that was not covered in the show...

Lack of Evidence

If you thought the incidents surrounding Carole's ex-husband's death were fishy, you're not alone. Those who made the film claimed to find very little evidence in the mysterious death. "We subpoenaed phone records, and they don't exist anymore in the records," said one filmmaker, "We've done so many things that we were trying to follow up on, and there's just such a lack of evidence that it's really difficult to pursue it further."

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The More You Know

  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • Tic Tacs got their name from the sound they make.
  • At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer.
  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
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