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12 Strange But True.... 12 Strange But True.... Human head disappears entire month without feeling tired. armed with a knife and demanded FACToids FACToids from museum Book XIV of the Arthashastra money from the till. also touches on aspects of chemical and Store owner Toshiyuki Otsu 1. The first American to have biological warfare. handed him about £60 in cash but was plumbing installed in his house was Curators at a Texas museum Kautilya was a prime minister then taken aback when the robber Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in say a shrunken human head that was on under Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. turned to him and said, "Please call the 1840. display has been stolen. He said a ruler could use any means to police." 2. The first known contraceptive The head of the Indian woman attain his goal and his actions required Mr Otsu did as commanded, was crocodile dung, used by the is described as being baseball-sized. no moral sanction. eventually handing the phone over to Egyptians in 2000 BC. It was the prized exhibit at the Dr V S Ghole, who is leading the robber, reports the Mainichi Daily 3. Starfish have eight eyes - one Frontier Times Museum in Bandera. the government-funded project, said: News. at the end of each leg. Its display case and its head- "Our focus at present is on how humans As they talked over the phone, 4. In 1980, the Yellow Pages dress of beetle wings and bird feathers can control hunger for longer durations officers rushed to the store. He is in accidentally listed a Texas funeral have also disappeared. and walk for longer periods without custody and has been charged with home under Frozen Foods. Police say they want to experiencing fatigue. Once we have robbery. 5. The first sound recording ever question more than two dozen people made some headway we will move to made was, "Mary Had A Little Lamb," who signed the museum's log the day it other areas." by Tom Edison in 1877. disappeared. Professor S V Bhavasar, who Japanese Astronomers Spy 6. Genghis Khan's cavalry rode It had been prominently has spent many years researching the Giant Orbiting Satellite female horses. Why? So soldiers could displayed for more than 60 years. drink their milk. Arthashastra, said: "All of us are excited about the possibilities and do A group of Japanese 7. On an average day, 102 people 'Indian bigfoot caught on not for a moment think that the idea is astronomers watching the heavens visit the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, tape' claim crazy. Decoding ancient texts is not an around the clock to spot any sign of Texas. easy task but we are very hopeful of huge asteroids and comets apparently 8. In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal Two men in northern India success." found an undisclosed spy satellite, they to catch mice without a hunting announced Thursday, April 4, 2002. claim to have seen the region's The unidentified object was license. equivalent of 'Bigfoot' building a nest. Government settles football spotted at the Japan Spaceguard 9. The largest painting on earth is The witnesses say they saw the debt to witch doctors Association's observation center in a 72,437-square-foot smiley face. beast on separate occasions and one Bisei, Okayama Prefecture, in 10. There are only two places in says he filmed it. A government minister has December last year. the world where men outlive women: Wildlife experts say the animal promised to pay a 10-year-old debt to Officials of the association southern Asia and Iran. was probably a bear and officials have witch doctors believed to have jinxed said they have since studied a list of 11. At this moment, nearly 2,000 been sent into woodland to track it the Ivory Coast football team. over 8,000 man-made objects in space thunderstorms are taking place around down. Mystics from the village of compiled by the North American the world. The Straits Times reports the Akradio were called on to help the Aerospace Defense Command 12. Dr. Seuss coined the word so-called Mande Burung was first Ivory Coast to victory at the 1992 (NORAD), but it was not registered "nerd" in his 1950 book, "If I Ran The spotted by Nebilson Sangma while African Nations Cup. despite its massive size -- the satellite Zoo." hunting in the state of Meghalaya. But the witch doctors claimed has a diameter of 50 meters. 13. Where does the word condom Sangma said the animal they were not rewarded properly for the Aerospace engineering come from? Dr. Charles Condom walked like man, had built a "house- success and allegedly put a jinx on the specialist Nobuo Nakatomi said the (1630-1685). like nesting place" and lived off side. object was likely to be a spy satellite. 14. Sound familiar? Gorillas stick bananas. The Ivory Coast has achieved "It is a common practice out their tongues when they're angry. He said: "After overcoming nothing in the tournament ever since. around the world to secretly launch 15. The heaviest dog on record the initial shock, my brother and I Defence and Civil Protection satellites for technical or military was a St. Bernard that weighed 310 observed this gigantic hairy creature Minister Moise Lida Kouassi promised reasons, and they won't make entry on pounds. for three consecutive days from afar." the village a bottle of liquor and £1,400 the NORAD list," Nakatomi said. 16. According to Playboy His reports were backed up during a visit to the village to open a co- "Judging from the information Magazine, 99% of cat and dog owners talk to their pets. just days later by Dipu Marak who says operative bank. available, it looks like the object is a 17. he filmed it near its nest. He also appealed for U.S. or Chinese spy satellite." Traffic report: Accidents rise Footprints which measured forgiveness and for the witch doctors to Shuzo Isobe, director of the 10% in the first week of daylight 20ins long were then found in the same help the nation's team in the future. spaceguard association, was delighted saving time. area around the foothills of the Nokrek After the 2000 African Nations with the ability of its 1-meter-diameter 18. Iceland consumes more Coca- National Park. Cola per capita than any other nation Cup, the Ivory Coast team was sent to a optical telescope at the Bisei on Earth. military camp, forced to frog march and Spaceguard Center. 19. Kitty litter: 3,000 out of every Ancient book could reveal attend lectures on patriotism after "We will keep watching space 3,0001 calico kittens are females. secret to improved warfare failing to get past the first round in to spot asteroids or man-made objects 20. Only about a third of Ghana. that can be a threat to Earth," said "Gilligan's Island" episodes are Scientists in India are turning The team was knocked out in Isobe, who is also an assistant actually about getting off the island. to an ancient book to find what they the first round again at this year's finals professor at the National Astronomical 21. It takes 3,000 cows to supply believe could be the key to more in Mali. Observatory of Japan. the NFL with enough leather for a effective stealth warfare. Spaceguard association year's supply of footballs. The project is being Robber stops raid, calls officials said the unidentified satellite 22. Thirty-five percent of the undertaken by the Defence Research police, gives himself up could be observed with binoculars in people who use personal ads for dating and Development Organisation in the southeastern sky. (Mainichi are already married. association with the University of An armed robber in Japan has Shimbun, April 4, 2002) 23. 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