The Bloggess – Like Mother Teresa, only better.
Description: "Genius flames and dies, but amiable competence can live forever."-- James Lileks
John Hancock is buried in the Granary Burying Ground in downtown Boston, along with other famous luminaries of the Revolutionary War era. However, he may not be all there. There was a rumor, widely circulated, that on the night after Hancock was buried, grave robbers dug him up and hacked off his right hand. This totally sounds like an 18th century urban legend, but I guess if you wanted a really awesome souvenir of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, that would be at the top of the list. (And b
British actor David Suchet perfected the quick, mincing walk of Agatha Christie’s fictional detective Hercule Poirot by clenching a penny coin between his butt cheeks and walking so that he didn’t drop the penny. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Eye-Popping Oddities)
Vali, a grizzly bear at Budapest Zoo, Hungary, came to the rescue when it saw a crow drowning in the pond in the bears’ enclosure. The bear reached into the water, gently pulled the bird out with its mouth and left it poolside to recover. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Eye-Popping Oddities)
The Bloggess – Like Mother Teresa, only better.