Strange But True: Power Tool Mating Call
By Lucie Winborne
When he’s not busy predicting the weather at Gobbler’s Knob, PA, America’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, lives in the town Library with his wife, Phyllis.
LEGO has an underground vault with every set ever made.
Though he’s today regarded as one of history’s greatest orators, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received a “C” in public speaking while a student at Crozer Theological Seminary.
Prior to the invention of the internet, Nintendo employed game counselors whom players could ring for advice and assistance with navigating a game.
Through the years, folks have come up with euphemisms for pooping, but surely Icelanders rank among the top contenders with “ad tefla vid pafann,” roughly translatable as “playing chess with the pope.”
Kea parrots spread warbles when they’re in a good mood, making them the first known non-mammal species to communicate with infectious laughter.
Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice, who was generally known for being a bit of a handful, had a pet snake named Emily Spinach that she enjoyed toting about the White House in her purse and taking out at unexpected moments.
Actor Bela Lugosi was buried in full Dracula costume.
The White House Press Briefing Room was built over what used to be an indoor swimming pool, installed for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Female cicadas have been known to confuse the roar of power tools for mating calls, sometimes swarming people using lawn mowers.