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STRANGE BUT TRUE
* When the National
Association of Professional
Organizers was formed in
1985, it had five members.
Today there are more than
3,500 registered organizers
with the group.
* The word "bayou" doesn't
come from French; it's from
the Choctaw word "bayuk."
* Those who study such
things say that in tunnels that
have lighting on the sides
rather than above, the place-
ment of those lights can influ-
ence the likelihood of people
speeding. Evidently, the farther
apart the side lights are placed,
the faster drivers go.
* Florida famously harbors
many species of orchid -- and
one of them smells so bad that it's
been known to make bees sick.
It's called the Violent Stench.
* Earlier this year, a
Japanese man broke his own
Guinness World Record for the
largest hula hoop spun around
the body three consecutive
times -- the hoop measured
17.72 feet in diameter.
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W E E K LY T V B E S T B E T S
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"If you watch a game, it's
fun. If you play at it, it's recre-
ation. If you work at it, it's
golf."
– Bob Hope