Strange But True: Eyes Closed
By Lucie Winborne
The living room set of "The Addams Family" TV series was actually pink.
About 1,350 potentially active volcanoes presently exist on Earth, with the majority of them found along a 25,000-mile-long, horseshoe-shaped ribbon bordering the Pacific Ocean that's commonly known as the "Ring of Fire."
Chopsticks in Asia are about 2,000 years older than forks in Europe.
The color red appears in nearly every shot of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror classic "The Shining."
Michelangelo only signed one piece of art, the "Madonna della Pietà," and that was supposedly because he overheard his work credited to a rival and sneaked back to include his name on the sash across the Virgin Mary's chest.
Philadelphia cream cheese doesn't hail from Philadelphia. It originated in New York.
People spend roughly 10% of their waking hours with their eyes closed. That's OK, we know you're just thinking.
No American president has been an only child.
In 1954, the mayor of the wine-growing town Chateauneuf-du-Pape in France issued a memorable decree that banned the "flying over, landing or taking off of flying saucers." It's unclear whether anyone ever considered how such an event should be handled should it defiantly occur.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 5,317 free throws over the course of his career.
Only three music companies are responsible for more than 80% of the music we listen to: Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group.
Spiders, like humans, can have arachnophobia. Small wonder, since certain species regularly eat each other: for food, after mating and for other reasons scientists don't yet fully understand.
Thought for the Day: "You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people." -- Zig Ziglar
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