Strange But True: Belgium chocolate stamps
By Lucie Winborne
In 2013, Belgium created five limited-edition stamps that smelled and tasted like chocolate (but were not, in fact, edible).
Gambling slips from ancient China that date to between 201 BC and 187 BC are the first recorded instance of a lottery. It's believed these lotteries likely helped finance large government projects, such as the Great Wall of China.
There are more tanning salons in major American cities than McDonald's or Starbucks.
A parenting tradition in Maharashtra, India, involves tossing babies from the side of a 50-foot temple and catching them in a sheet. The practice is thought to endow newborns with courage and intelligence.
The person who graduates last in his class from West Point Military Academy is called "the goat" and receives a dollar from each classmate, as well as membership in a club that includes Gen. George Custer.
The average woman wears six different bra sizes throughout her life.
While Merriam-Webster defines "hussy" as "a girl or woman who behaves in a disrespectful or inappropriate way or who has many casual sexual relationships," the word is actually derived from the 13th-century "husewife," meaning mistress of the household.
To help combat driver fatigue and boredom on long, straight roads of up to 90 miles in Australia, the government posted signs labeled "Fatigue Zone" featuring trivia questions and answers.
In 2009, Patricia Demauro brought $100 to a craps table in Atlantic City. Four hours and 18 minutes later, she had rolled 154 times, setting a world record for craps rolls. The odds of her accomplishing such a feat? One in 1.56 trillion!
Ice cream was invented in 7th-century China and originally consisted of buffalo milk, flour and camphor.
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