Strange But True: Great Pyramid of Giza
By Lucie Winborne
The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest structure in the world for more than 3,800 years.
More than 400,000 illnesses are caused by spoiled Christmas leftovers.
Royal Air Force uniforms in World War II included a pants button that served as a compass.
Those lovely aromas of candy and popcorn breezing down the sidewalks of Disney's Magic Kingdom's Main Street, U.S.A. are brought to you courtesy of scent machines called "Smellitizers" that release fragrances throughout the parks.
Spider silk is stronger than steel.
Gambia's citizens elect their political leaders using marbles rather than paper ballots in the voting booths, a method that was adopted in 1965 due to the country's low literacy rate.
Humphrey Bogart never actually said "Play it again, Sam" in the film "Casablanca."
High-heeled shoes exert more pressure on the ground than a skyscraper, which is why they're even banned at certain historical sites such as the Acropolis in Athens, to prevent damage to the ancient stone.
The phrase "Don't mess with Texas" was coined to discourage road littering.
The first zippers were for shoes, when inventor Whitcomb Judson was granted a patent for a rudimentary form that he called the "clasp-locker," an alternative to lengthy shoelaces.
Ernest Hemingway's brother established his own micronation.
Jackie Robinson was the first student athlete to letter in four sports at UCLA. Curiously, baseball was his worst sport in college.
Olo, a color described as a "blue-green of unprecedented saturation," has only been viewed by five people in a laboratory, as it's beyond the range of normal human visibility.
Washington State designated Sasquatch as its official state monster.
There are an estimated 3 million shipwrecks in the ocean.
Thought for the Day: "A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
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