STRANGE BUT TRUE

z Rapper Snoop Dogg tried to rent the country of Lichtenstein for a music video, but was rejected.

z The Vatican has its own telescope staffed by priests, and has even received awards for the pursuit of scientific research.

z Until they are large enough to sleep upright, baby owls sleep on their stomachs because their heads are too heavy.

z Actual corpses were on the set and going to be used during the filming of “Apocalypse Now”. However, the man who supplied them turned out to be a grave robber and was arrested.

z Oceans around the world contain over 18 million tonnes of gold in the water itself, worth hundreds of trillions of dollars at current prices.

z In 1997, Motley Crue created a soda called “Motley Brue” to help promote their new album “Generation Swine”.

For additional fun, they added enough blue dye to turn the drinker’s urine green.

z Walt Disney accidentally “kidnapped” Richard Nixon by dispatching his monorail train before the Secret Service could get on.

z When added together, the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666.

z M&MS were created so military soldiers could enjoy heat-resistant and easily transportable chocolate during war.

z If your arm or hand falls asleep, try rocking your head from side to side. This will release the pressure on the nerves in your neck and wake up the limb.

z In 2003, Pepsico offered Estonia $25 million dollars to change the spelling of one of its lakes, Lake Peipsi, to Lake Pepsi, but was turned down.

z A man legally named Santa Claus was elected to the city council in North Pole, Alaska.