In August 1957, Philadelphia Phillies slugger Richie Ashburn hit a fan with a foul ball, breaking her nose. A few minutes later, he hit the same fan while she was being taken out on a stretcher.

On average, you produce
about 100 gallons of urine a year.

During World War II, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt communicated by radio telephone because there was no trans-Atlantic cable. Their first conversation using the setup was on July 15, 1943. There was a 55-ton scrambling device from Bell Telephone that took up most of the floor; Churchill spoke from a room so small it was nicknamed “Churchill’s toilet.”

Cats cannot taste sugar.

In 1965, actor Tim Matheson (Eric “Otter” Stratton
in the 1979 film Animal House and Officer Phil Sweet
in Magnum Force) was voicing the character
Jonny Quest for Hanna-Barbera.

This article appears in October 25 • 2013.

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