Strange But True: Nude Chefs
By Lucie Winborne
In 1945, Soviet children presented the U.S. ambassador in Moscow with a wooden Great Seal as a friendship gift. It just happened to include a hidden listening device, which spied on American diplomats for seven years before it was discovered.
When humans blush, their stomach also turns red.
The Brazilian free-tailed bat uses chirps, buzzes and trills to form unique syllables in a type of "love song" to attract females, as well as ward off male competition.
On the California side of the U.S.-Mexican border is a city named Calexico. On the opposite side is a town called Mexicali.
Parthenophobia is a fear of virgins.
England's Queen Victoria defied both the clergy and her personal physician to become the first monarch to use anesthesia (chloroform) during childbirth.
Actor Liam Neeson trained to be a teacher but got fired after punching a student who pulled a knife on him.
Women blink about two times less often than men.
Professional chefs in wealthy 17th-century European households were primarily men, who often cooked in the nude or in their underwear due to kitchens' intense heat.
Deaf quarterback Paul Hubbard was the first to use the "round formation huddle" in football, to ensure that his teammates could interpret his hand gestures.
Inventor A.J. Grafham tried to increase car travel safety with his 1930's sponge rubber seat, which promised to protect pedestrians from injury if they were hit by a speeding automobile.
In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald.
Benedict Cumberbatch is the second cousin, 16 times removed, of King Richard III, whom he portrayed in the 2016 BBC miniseries "The Hollow Crown."
Thought for the Day: "Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing." -- Dave Barry
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