Strange But True: Cannabis Cup
By Lucie Winborne
Most volcanoes spit out magma, ash and gas when they erupt, but a few rarer ones have been known to eject diamonds.
The longest recorded burp lasted one minute and 13 seconds.
Some German nursing homes use fake bus stops as a way to round up patients with Alzheimer's or dementia who seek to return home via public transportation. A staff member approaches and lets them know that the bus will be late, then invites them inside to wait more comfortably. Within a short time, the incident is typically forgotten.
Bald himself, Hippocrates recommended a treatment consisting of pigeon droppings, opium, beetroot, horseradish and spices to cure hair loss. No, it wasn't successful.
The wood frog can hold its urine for up to eight months.
The Cannabis Cup is the largest marijuana festival in the world, featuring music, food and comedy, as well as awards for best new product, hash, glass, booth and seed company.
Due to their rare appearance, blood oranges were once considered an exclusive delicacy reserved for royalty.
Some libraries and museums loan out taxidermied animals as teaching aids.
For decades, Iceland maintained one of the strictest naming regimes in the world through the Icelandic Naming Committee, which reviewed applications to ensure personal names complied with Icelandic grammar and cultural tradition.
Folks with less nose hair have a higher risk of developing asthma.
In 2018, six medical professionals each swallowed a LEGO minifigure head to determine whether it could pass without medical intervention, and how long it would take. (In case you're wondering, it was in an average of 1.7 days.)
Shaquille O'Neal missed 5,317 free throws over the course of his career.
Thought for the Day: "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." -- Marcus Aurelius
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