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BIZARRE BUT TRUE!

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FLORIDIAN John Hopkins, 59, died when his car rolled over after hitting an 11-foot alligator waddling across Country Road 672 about 20 miles southeast of Tampa.

A 1939 Marvel Comics No. 1 — featuring the Human Torch and Namor the Sub-Mariner — just fetched a staggering $2.4 million after 33 bids!

MONTANA has more cattle than people by more than a two-to-one ratio. An estimated 2.6 million beef cows roam the Treasure State compared to 1.1 million people.

ON SEPT. 23, 1955, British actor Alec Guinness, a.k.a. Obi-Wan Kenobi, warned pal James Dean not to buy a Porsche 550 Spyder saying, “If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” He was right. Dean, 24, wrecked the car and died seven days later.

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