Strange But True
By SAMANTHA WEAVER

+ Lots of people like to rent a limousine for special events - proms, weddings, reunions, whatever. There's one that's not available to the public, though: the world's longest limo, found (where else?) in California. The Cadillac is 100 feet long, has 26 wheels and comes equipped with a king-size waterbed and a swimming pool with - seriously! - a diving board. I wonder what kind of a special certification you need to drive such a monstrosity.

+ It was Henry David Thoreau who made the following sage observation: "Men have become the tools of their tools."

+ The people who make Guinness beer, in a study of drinking habits, found that men who have mustaches lose a total of 162,000 pints of beer every year in their facial hair. Those with beards, of course, lose even more.

+ Have you ever been to a tonsorialist? If you're a man, chances are you have. "Tonsorialist" is just a fancy word for "barber."

+ In the early 1960s, the decision makers at NBC considered Bob Newhart, Jackie Gleason, Joey Bishop and Groucho Marx to replace Jack Paar before finally settling on Johnny Carson as the new host of "The Tonight Show."

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