....my name is Dave Branson and I live in a 110 year old house outside of Needmore Tennessee. I have a wierd interest in Strange and True Facts. These boys who started this great online newspaper asked me if I would share my collection of Strange Facts with all of you. So here you go.... 

 Here's Some real Strange Stuff.....

The very first bomb that was dropped by the allies in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.

If you place just a tiny bit of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

Charlie chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.

Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

The glue on Israeli postage is certified Kosher.\

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.

111,111,111, x 111,111,111 =12,345,678,987,654,321 

The only food that doesn't spoil is honey.

....more later.... 

I don't know why I like thunderstorms. They seem to make me relax. My wife, Jan, told me that I need to get a life. She says that I have become obsessed with these Strange but True Facts. She's right! Being retired and  things being a bit slow out here on the farm, have caused me to come up with more. So, here are some more for you to look at from Needmore, Tennessee....

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. 

Women blink more than men.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you spend an average of 6 months waiting at a red light.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch face , is 10:00.

A 'Jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

.......I'll have some more for you later...