Strange But True: Cowardly Lion

Trivia & Tidbits

Apr 9

By Lucie Winborne

Australia is wider than the moon.
The Cowardly Lion's costume in 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" was made from actual lion skins and fur, and weighed roughly 60 pounds.
Nobody knows who invented the fire hydrant -- its patent was lost in a fire!
When 300,000 people walked across San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge in observance of its 50th anniversary on May 24, 1987, the iconic structure sagged seven feet.
A single orange tree can have over 60,000 flowers, but less than 1% will turn into fruit.
The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, is mentioned more times in the Quran than in the Bible, and is also the only woman mentioned by name in the Quran.
Japanese runner Shizo Kanakuri "finished" the 1912 Olympic marathon in 1967 with an unforgettable end time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds.
After the story of a California prison inmate who gave his paycheck of $17.74 for more than 130 hours of labor to relief work in Gaza went viral, donors raised over $100,000 for him.
Sleeping through summer is known as estivation.
Cicadas have been known to confuse the roar of power tools for mating calls and sometimes even swarm people using lawn mowers.
Hay-on-Wye in Wales is home to the famous Honesty Bookshop, an outdoor book market with a collection box instead of a cashier.
Marshmallows are about 50% air.
Prisoners are more likely to be granted parole if their hearing is held first thing in the morning rather than at the end of the day.

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