STRANGE BUT TRUE

Costa Rica has the world’s only sloth orphanage.

According to Cunningham’s Law, the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question, but to pose the wrong answer.

The first item sold on eBay, for $14.83, was a broken laser pointer, to someone who kept a collection of broken laser pointers.

In 2015, the 1,000-year-old corpse of a Buddhist monk was discovered inside an ancient statue of Buddha.

Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once asked President Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because Armstrong was “an old man.” We feel pretty sure Nixon wasn’t aware the bags contained marijuana.

Vending machines kill more people per year than sharks.

Dockers recently increased the size of their coin pockets to accommodate the growing size of smartphones.

During the Apollo 12 mission, a 2 1/2-ton piece of the lunar module was experimentally crashed onto the surface of the moon, with a quite unexpected result: The moon “rang like a bell” for nearly an hour.

“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.” – Unknown

“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” - Jim Valvano

“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it.” - Clarence Budington Kelland

“She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.” - Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” - Sigmund Freud

“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” - Steve Martin

“No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.” - Abraham Lincoln

“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.” - William Shakespeare

“A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely.” - Emile Gaboriau

“Lately all my friends are worried they’re turning into their fathers. I’m worried I’m not.” - Dan Zevin