03/06/26 Grif.Net - More Ironic
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[Thanks again to Readers’ Digest for the material in this fun look at Ironing, er Irony.]
> In 2002, a tree was planted in a park in Los Angeles in memory of Beatles guitarist George Harrison. The tree later died after being infested by beetles.
> Al Capone’s older brother was a federal Prohibition agent.
> The only losing basketball coach in University of Kansas history is James Naismith—the man who invented basketball in 1891
> Until 2012, the largest purchaser of kale in America was Pizza Hut. They used it as garnish around their salad bars.
> Q-tips, which are usually bought primarily to clean inside your ears, are sold in boxes that expressly warn: “Do not insert inside the ear canal.”
> Charlie Chaplin once entered a “Charlie Chaplin walk” contest—and came in 20th.
> “Father of Traffic Safety” William Eno invented the stop sign, crosswalk, traffic circle, one-way street and taxi stand—but never learned how to drive. A prime irony example, as he never got the chance to benefit from his own invention.
> The site where Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BC is now a no-kill animal shelter for homeless cats.
> The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel died after slipping on an orange peel.
> After 35 years working at Crayola, their retiring CEO, Emerson Moser, revealed that he was colorblind.
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Dr Bob Griffin
“It is not enough to stare up the steps;
we must step up the stairs “
