Strange But True: Loganamnosis
By Lucie Winborne
Only 2% of the world's population have green eyes, but they weren't born with them. The hue takes from six months to three years to show up in children.
Donnie Dunagan, who as a child actor supplied the voice of Disney's Bambi, went on to become a highly decorated major in the U.S. Marines -- and kept his movie role a secret for his entire 25-year military career.
An Australian ground bird known as the lyrebird can mimic just about anything, from a crying baby to machinery.
About 6,000 years ago, the barren Sahara Desert was actually a lush green forest.
"Loganamnosis" is a word to describe an obsession with recalling a specific word that has been forgotten.
Legend has it that Tate's Hell State Park, a 202,000-acre forest/swamp in Florida, got its curious name from a man who was lost in its wilderness and after finally emerging told a passerby, "My name is Cebe Tate, and I just came from hell" before collapsing.
In 2016, the NFL returned more than $700,000 of taxpayer money it had been paid by the U.S. Defense Department to honor the military at games.
A Colombian man died after a parasitic worm that had invaded his gut developed cancer, which in turn spread through the man's body.
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Thought for the Day: "No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit." -- Helen Keller
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