In October, during an outbreak of fungal meningitis infections linked to tainted steroid injections, Florida Governor Rick Scott accidentally gave out the number to an adult phone-sex hotline instead of Florida Department of Health’s toll-free hotline. Callers looking for information about meningitis got an earful instead: “Hello boys, thank you for calling me on my anniversary,” a recorded woman’s voice purred, according to NewsFeed via Reuters.
Freaky Florida: 15 Weird News Stories for the 500th Anniversary of the State’s Discovery
People do things differently in the Sunshine State — whether we’re talking about attacks by cannibals or by Taco Bell burritos, state-sanctioned python hunting or rogue manatee surfing.