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Ironically, a former McGruff the Crime DOg actor, John Morales, was arrested in 2011 for running two marijuana growing operations.

Sometimes glowing balls of light appear to rise from parts of Thailand's Mekong river at night. These have been named "The Naga fireballs," or "Mekong lights." The balls are said to be reddish and have diverse sizes from smaller sparkles up to the size of basketballs.

Ghosts?

Marfa lights.

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When the Citizens Bank of Tenino, Washington, closed on December 5, 1931, the town was without ready cash to do business, so denominations of 25 cents, 50 cents and 1 dollar were printed on three-ply Sitka spruce wood, the first wooden money issued as legal tender in the United States.

Yap Island Money Stones, or Rai, are stone discs up to 12 feet across, 1.5 feet thick, and weighing up to 8,800 pounds.

They have been used as currency for important transactions since 1000-1400 A.D.

The battle for Byzantium might have been won if they had gotten reinforcements in time, but most of their allies abandoned them.

Edward the Confessor became King of England in 1042.

The name of the city we call Bangkok is 155 letters long in the Thai language and the longest place name in the world. The people of Thailand shorten it to Krungthep for everyday use.

Anton LaVey, founder and first High Priest of the Church of Satan, was Jewish.

In July 1981 Japanese factory worker Kenji Urada "the first known fatality caused by a robot".

King Henry VIII exploded in his coffin.

Cats' nose pads are like fingerprints they are different from each other.

In the event somebody does die during the course of a flight, their body is usually moved to an empty first-class seat.

The ballpoint pen was invented by a Hungarian who manufactured them in a factory in England, which was eventually taken-over by a French company called "Bic".

'Disappearing ink' is usually either milk, or urine.