The US's Most Super-villainy Sheriff

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Joe Arpaio is the elected sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. He has self-styled himself as the US's toughest sheriff, and continues to be elected repeatedly and by large margins. Which is kind of scary when you consider some of the things he's done.

Things like stage an assassination plot against himself, sending an innocent scapegoat to jail for several years, just to increase his own bravado. And no, this isn't a crack-pot conspiracy theory.

The Dumbest Almost-Plane Crash Ever

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On September 6th 2011, All Nippon Airways Flight 140 was making its usual jog from Naha to Tokyo, Japan. Absolutely nothing was out of the ordinary at all. Until the 62,000 pound Boeing 737 decided to inexplicably attempt a barrel roll, which is not traditionally something an airliner should attempt.

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“Minor turbulence my ass!”

Only after the plane landed did investigators discover the reason why the aircraft went belly-up.

And it's hilarious.