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STRANGE

BUT

TRUE

By Lucie Winborne

T he Statue of The sun and moon appear to be consisted of 16,046 shots
the same size because the moon
Liberty’s thumbnail
and was launched by players
is more than a foot
is 400 times smaller but also 400
Angelo and Ettore Rossetti to
long.
times closer.
help increase awareness of
children under age 5 who die of
During an attempt to use Some scorpions rub their legs preventable causes.
electrocution to kill the turkey together to “sing” like crickets.
meant for his Christmas dinner However, while crickets aim to Some of the earliest universities
party, Benjamin Franklin attract mates, scorpions make the in the world were Sumerian
accidentally shocked himself sound to warn away predators or scribal schools, which were
so badly that all of the blood rivals. created soon after 3,500 B.C.
temporarily drained out of one of and called eduba, which possibly
his hands. The longest recorded pickleball meant “house of tablets.”
rally, held on Oct. 10, 2021,
Fred and Wilma Flintstone were
the first married couple to be We make a living by what we get, but we make a life
portrayed as sharing a bed on “ by what we give.”
television. -- Winston Churchill

The Rainbow Group, a
government-funded organization
in Amsterdam, hires alcoholics
to clean litter from city streets
and includes beer as part of their
payment.

NASA defines an astronaut as
someone who has flown 50 miles
above sea level.

A rare condition known as
“exploding head syndrome” can
cause people to hear loud bangs,
crashes or explosive noises while
drifting to sleep. Researchers
believe the phenomenon is
generally harmless, if alarming.