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COMICS - STRANGE BUT TRUE - MOMENTS IN TIME

by Lucie Winborne

In early 2016, a 155-year-old mousetrap caught a mouse in a British museum. The trap was part of the exposition and hadn't even been considered operational for a long time.
Bill Nye the Science Guy holds a patent for ballet pointe shoes.
Some odd things have been sold online, but an entire country? Yep, a fellow from Brisbane, Australia, tried to sell New Zealand on eBay in 2006! The site closed the auction at a top bid of $3,000.
A mental phenomenon called the Troxler effect, discovered in 1804, causes people to see monsters in mirrors -- whether they say "bloody Mary" three times or not.
In order to prevent Boggle players from using a certain swear word, the letters F and K appear only once on the same cube, making it impossible for them to both be played at the same time.
In 1987, Steve Rothstein paid $250,000 for a lifetime unlimited first-class American Airlines ticket, even hopping on planes to get a sandwich or go to a baseball game in other cities. It cost American Airlines around $21 million, and they unsurprisingly ended his contract in 2008.
A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white.
Levi's once made an all-denim tuxedo for singer Bing Crosby after he was refused admittance to a hotel simply for wearing jeans.
Japan has the highest density of vending machines worldwide, with approximately 5 million machines, or one for every 23 people. You can buy everything from live lobsters and bread in a can to underwear and Buddhist amulets from a vending machine.
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader meets six of the nine diagnostic criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder. Five are sufficient for a diagnosis.

Thought for the Day:

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

-- Andy McIntyre

On Oct. 11, 1793, the death toll from a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia hits 100. By the time it ended, 5,000 people were dead. A vaccine now prevents yellow fever in much of the world, though 20,000 people still die from it every year.
On Oct. 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang attempts the simultaneous daylight robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas, banks, but are surrounded by townspeople, who kill every gang member except for Emmett Dalton. Emmett was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Paroled after 14 years, he ended up as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
On Oct. 8, 1918, U.S. Army Cpl. Alvin C. York reportedly kills over 20 German soldiers and captures an additional 132 in France. The exploits earned York the Congressional Medal of Honor.
On Oct. 6, 1926, Yankee slugger Babe Ruth hits a record three home runs against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth game of the World Series. In 1928, in the fourth game of another Yanks-Cards World Series, he knocked three more pitches out of the same park.
On Oct. 9, 1942, Chicago bootlegger Roger "The Terrible" Touhy escapes from prison by climbing the guard's tower. Touhy, who had been framed for kidnapping, was serving a 99-year sentence. He was recaptured months later.

On Oct. 7, 1975, a New York State Supreme Court judge reverses a deportation order for John Lennon, allowing him to remain legally in New York City. The order against Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were based on a 1968 marijuana conviction in England.
On Oct. 10, 1985, the hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro ends when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom. On Oct. 7, heavily armed terrorists had hijacked the ship and 400 crewmembers and passengers.