in 1974, the cleveland indians made the mistake of offering beer during a game for 10 cents a cup. by the 9th inning, the drunken cleveland crowd - armed with knives, chains, broken seats, and bottles - attacked the opposing team, at which point the indians took up baseball bats to defend them. the indians forfeited the game, the cleveland police were called in, and the indians set a limit on how many beers their fans are allowed to buy during a game.

in 2006, fiji water ran an ad that said that 'the label says fiji because it's not bottled in cleveland'. cleveland got mad, and proved that fiji water contains 6.31 micrograms of arsenic and cleveland's water contains none. (quite a feat, considering that cleveland's water comes from lake erie.)

in cleveland, ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. which is just one more reason that i love it here.