{"id":10063,"date":"2011-08-21T18:08:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T18:08:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-22T21:08:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T21:08:02","slug":"Quirky-Facts-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10063","title":{"rendered":"Quirky Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>To all of the other quirky individuals out there be proud because you don&#8217;t need to follow the crowd.  You are truly unique in more ways than one!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. When intoxicated, ants always fall over to their right side.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2. Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Brilliant man.  This naturopathic ritual stimulates the brain.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3. For $14,000, a company can take your ashes and compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>4. More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products that are made for right-handed people.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6. An elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia, accidentally served margaritas to its students, thinking it was lemonade.<\/p>\n<p>7. Austin High School in Texas removed candy from its vending machines. Now, some enterprising students are earning $200 per week dealing in black market candy.<\/p>\n<p>8. Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>9. A Brussels Airlines flight to Vienna was aborted because the pilot was attacked in the cockpit. The attacker was a passenger&#8217;s cat.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10. David Bowie thinks he is being stalked by someone who is dressed as a giant pink rabbit. Bowie has noticed the fan at several recent concerts, but he became alarmed when he got on a plane and the bunny was on board.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>11. A party boat filled with 60 men and women capsized in Texas after all the passengers rushed to one side as the boat passed a nude beach.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12. Shrinkage: The Eiffel Tower shrinks 6 inches in winter.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Among other things<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>13. Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>14. Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies&#8217; restroom during a dance.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>16. Dolly Parton once lost a Dolly Parton Look-Alike contest.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>17. 65% of Elvis impersonators are of Asian descent.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18. All of the clocks in the movie &#8220;Pulp Fiction&#8221; read 4:20.<\/p>\n<p>19. 100% of all lottery winners gain weight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Notice all of the above are protection devices with the exception of the laser printer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>21. Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>22. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>SOME women that is LOL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>23. Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n<p>24. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>25. Go figure: Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Makes perfect sense to me<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To all of the other quirky individuals out there be proud because you don&#8217;t need to follow the crowd. 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