Miscellaneous

Bizarre Fact #251:
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Superman dates back to June 1938, when he appeared in Action Comics No. 1. Batman arrived on the scene one year later in Detective Comics No. 27, appearing May 1939.

Bizarre Fact #252:
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Superman's boyhood home was Smallville, Illinois.

Bizarre Fact #253:
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The "black box" that houses an airplane's voice recorder is orange so it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash.

Bizarre Fact #254:
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The "Calabash" pipe, most often associated with Sherlock Holmes, was not used by him until William Gillette (an American) portrayed Holmes on stage. Gillette needed a pipe he could keep in his mouth while he spoke his lines.

Bizarre Fact #255:
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The 3rd year of marriage is called the leather anniversary.

Bizarre Fact #256:
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons.

Bizarre Fact #257:
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The blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper.

Bizarre Fact #258:
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The Boeing 767 aircraft is a collection of 3.1 million parts from 800 different suppliers around the world: fuselage parts from Japan, center wing section from Southern California, flaps from Italy.

Bizarre Fact #259:
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The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention the name of God.

Bizarre Fact #260:
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The Cairo Opera House was destroyed by fire in 1970. The Cairo fire station was located inside the same building.