Here are some more (great?) odd facts but yet very TRUE!

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium
becomes the sate's third largest city.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop
and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the
"1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Who's that playing the piano on the "Made About You" theme?  Paul Reiser himself.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away!
(Now that IS a nifty trick!)

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak (how ironic).

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum,
looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence. "Oz".

The mircowave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a 
chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

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