Strange But True: Change a lightbulb
By Lucie Winborne
The "Josh Fight," started in 2021 by Josh Swain after he discovered a number of other folks on social media who shared his moniker, is an event held in Lincoln, Nebraska, in which hundreds of people named Josh duel with pool noodles to crown the "Ultimate Josh." To date, the event has raised over $20,000 for charity.
In the 1970s, American Kitchen Foods, Inc., perhaps inspired by a picky young eater at home, tried disguising peas in a fry-shaped form with a product called "I hate peas."
Sea urchins acquired their name from hedgehogs, which were known as urchins until about the 15th century ... meaning, of course, that sea urchins are therefore essentially ocean hedgehogs.
Prior to 1998, it was illegal in Victoria, Australia, to change a lightbulb unless you were a licensed electrician.
Before you embark upon a detox regimen, you might consider this: In 2007, an advocacy group called Sense About Science reached out to the manufacturers of 15 so-called detox products and discovered that not one could come up with a definition of what they really meant by "detox."
Titanic director James Cameron drew that famous nude sketch of Rose in the film. (Kate Winslet wore a swimsuit for the scene.)
The Hair Museum of Avanos, located beneath Chez Galip's pottery shop in Cappadocia, Turkey, is filled with hair samples from over 16,000 women from around the world.
Dolly Parton once offered 7th- and 8th-graders in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, a gift of $500 if they graduated from high school, reducing the dropout rate from 30% to 6%.
"Poecilonym" is a synonym for the word synonym.
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Thought for the Day: "If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
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