3/16/2011
Slumber Party Barbie of 1965 came with her own “How to Lose Weight” book. One of the tips: “Don’t eat.”
Teams Whose Names Don’t End in ‘S’: Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA); Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox (MLB); Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, Minnesota Wild (NHL).
The tall fuzzy hats worn by Britain’s elite infantry regiments (including Buckingham Palace guards) are made of North American black bear fur.
The Beach Boys were the founders of surf rock; however, only Dennis Wilson knew how to surf, and he died of drowning in 1983.
At the 2000 Samsung Open, a furious Goran Ivanisevic smashed three rackets and was forced to withdraw. Why? Because he didn’t have a fourth on hand.
Those few folks who have survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge report that it takes about four seconds to hit the water, which is plenty of time to re-think and regret the decision.
Even though he hated their taste, Mel Blanc insisted on chewing real carrots to provide the chomping sounds when he voiced the cartoon character Bugs Bunny.
When the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys in sweltering heat in September 2000, many Eagles credited all the ice-cold pickle juice they had guzzled.
Immune to charges of “looking goofy,” basketball player Rick Barry shot his free throws underhanded. The technique was as successful as it was dorky: Barry retired in 1980 with a combined ABA/NBA rate of success of 89.3% at the free-throw line—the best in history.
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