Strange But True: Chocolate milk sold as medicine
By Lucie Winborne
"Scotch" used to be a synonym for "thrifty" or "frugal." When cellophane tape was first invented, it was marketed during the Great Depression as "Scotch tape" since it could extend the life of objects and save you money.
A grizzly bear has enough bite strength to crush a bowling ball.
There is a psychological state called "helper's high" in which the act of giving produces endorphins in the brain that provide a mild version of a morphine high.
Table tennis balls can travel off the paddle at a speed of 105.6 mph.
From 1932 to 1967, there was a casino called the "Bullpen" in a stone building on the grounds of the Nevada State prison in Carson City, where inmates could play blackjack, craps, poker and bet on sports.
When Frito-Lay introduced a compostable bag for its Sun Chips brand in 2010, consumers noticed that its crinkling and crackling was significantly louder than previous bags -testing, in fact, at 95 decibels, which is about as loud as a motorcycle! It was discontinued in 2011.
Scientists estimate that the average person is more than five times as likely to die in a hypothetical human species extinction event as in a car crash.
A man sued Warner Bros. -and won -after he was injured while fainting during a 1974 screening of "The Exorcist."
The 700-year-old Starkenberger brewery in Tarrenz, Austria, has seven swimming pools filled with beer. The brewery, which is housed in an ancient castle, converted the old vats in the fermentation room to pools.
A 19th-century costume designer invented the horned Viking helmet.
In 1994, Chicago artist Dwight Kalb made a statue of singer Madonna from 180 pounds of ham.
Chocolate milk was originally sold as medicine.
Thought for the Day: "A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers." -Helen Keller
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