Globe

BIZARRE BUT TRUE!

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THE first frozen margarita machine was invented by Mariano Martinez in Dallas in

1971. He adapted a 7-Eleven slurpee machine to make the boozy drink.

BUTTERFLIE­S taste with their feet using sensors to determine what’s edible and what’s not.

PRESIDENT James K. Polk’s administra­tion introduced Americans to the prepaid postage stamp n 1855. Until then, people had to visit the post office and were charged to pick up mail.

TV host Ryan Seacrest was bitten by a shark while vacationin­g in Mexico. He found a tooth from a sand shark wedged in him after getting out of the Pacific Ocean.

ENDANGERED woodpecker­s are drilling holes in the World’s Largest Hockey Stick — a 61,000-pounder outside Cowichan, B.C. — but locals are forbidden to protect the landmark.

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