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10/24/2024 “MORE WEIRDNESS”   Leave a comment

  • Dominoes originated in Asia around 1100 A.D. They were, and still are, used as a divinatory tool and not just a game of numbers.
  • Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are at least 50 years old.
  • The egg plant is a member of the thistle family.
  • The first city in the United States to fluoridate its water was Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1945.
  • The first state in the United States to use the gas chamber was Nevada in 1924.

“Everybody loves you when you’re six feet in the ground.”

John Lennon

  • In Los Angeles in 1976, a woman legally married a 20 pound rock with 20 guests present.
  • Former United States president Gerald Ford changed his name when he was 22 – a good thing, because his birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Junior.
  • John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, was a church group leader. It is said that he would lead sing-alongs to the tune of Lennon’s song “Imagine,” during which he would change the lyrics to “Imagine there’s no John Lennon.”
  • The Code of Hammurabi in Babylon specified that a merchant could be put to death for diluting beer.

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many

things that escape those who dream only at night.”

Edgar Allen Poe

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EMBRACE YOUR WEIRDNESS

Cara Delevingne