Embarrassing and Weird Elevator Moments Caught on Camera

Tower of Terror

This woman had a terrifying experience in this elevator. She got in, and when she pressed the button for her floor, it took off way too fast, then started to shake until the power cut. She was at the top floor in a flash, and thankfully got out before it fell back down to the lobby.

The More You Know

Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.