BIZARRE BUT TRUE!

NO SLUSH here! The city

of Holland, Mich., has

more than 120 miles of

tubing under its streets

that circulate hot water

and melt winter snow! The

system uses waste heat from

power generation and can

thaw more than one inch of

the white stuff an hour.

CREEPY! Harvard University

has a book in one of its

libraries that is bound in

human skin! The book was

given by its 19th-century

French author, Arsène

Houssaye, to a doctor friend,

Ludovic Bouland, who had

it covered with skin from

the unclaimed body of a

female mental patient!

NOTORIOUS Chicago

gangster Al Capone was

involved in the killing of

more than 30 people —

including seven in the famed

1929 Saint Valentine’s Day

Massacre — but you would

not have known that from

his business card, which

announced he was a usedfurniture

dealer!

NO WONDER they call it the

Big Apple — more people

live in New York City than

in 38 of the 50 states! The

most populous borough,

Brooklyn, was a separate

municipality until 1898.