Strange But True: Bad Handwriting
By Lucie Winborne
Over the course of her 63-year reign, Britain’s Queen Victoria survived no fewer than eight assassination attempts.
Like humans, male kangaroos flex their biceps to impress females.
The word “sock” comes from the Latin word “soccus” -- a loose-fitting slipper worn by Roman comic actors.
In Europe, nickel is banned in all alloys for widespread allergy reasons.
Studies have suggested that gifted people often have bad handwriting because their brains work faster than their hands.
The New York Times predicted that humans wouldn’t be able to fly for at least a million years ... in 1903, the same year as the Wright brothers’ first manned flight.
Alexandre Dumas used a particular shade of blue paper on which to write his fiction. For poetry, he used yellow paper, and his articles were penned on pink paper. Once, he ran out of blue paper and had to use a cream-colored pad instead, which he believed had a negative impact on that work of fiction.
The first American alarm clock was invented in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1787 by Levi Hutchins. It was never patented and rang only at one time, 4 a.m., to rouse him for work.
Raspberries are a member of the rose family.
Despite creating some of the most legendary guitars in the world, LEO Fender, the founder of Fender, Music Man and G&L Guitars, couldn’t actually play the instrument.
The pressure in a champagne bottle is three times higher than that of a car tire.
When in danger, a hairy frog will break its own bones in order to create claws that it pushes through its skin to scratch a predator.