Miscellaneous

Bizarre Fact #311:
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The Procrastinators Club of America sends news to its members under the masthead "Last Month's Newsletter."

Bizarre Fact #312:
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The roads on the island of Guam are made with coral. Guam has no sand. The sand on the beaches is actually ground coral. When concrete is mixed, the coral sand is used instead of importing regular sand from thousands of miles away.

Bizarre Fact #313:
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

Bizarre Fact #314:
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Bizarre Fact #315:
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The St. Louis Gateway Arch had a projected death toll while it was being built. No one died.

Bizarre Fact #316:
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The Statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.

Bizarre Fact #317:
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The strangest crossword ever made was by a British writer Max Beerbohm in 1940. He called it the "Impossible Crossword" and issued warning to puzzlers so they do not go crazy trying to solve it, as the clues were nonsensical and the answers didn't exist.

Bizarre Fact #318:
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The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

Bizarre Fact #319:
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The Tale of Genji, a Japanese work from the early eleventh century, is considered by many scholars to be the world's first full novel. The novel was written by a woman: Murasaki Shikibu, or Lady Murasaki.

Bizarre Fact #320:
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The Times Square "time ball" is named the "Star of Hope". It was specially made for this year and contains 504 glass crystals cut into triangles, 600 light bulbs, 96 big lights, and 92 mirrors.