Trivia

My goodness, but it has been a long while since I've done one of these, so here goes. As usual, these come via mental_floss.

--When Lincoln's body was exhumed in 1901, observers reported that his hair and beard were intact, but his eyebrows had disappeared.

--In 1703 on the colonists' market, Native American scalps in Massachusetts earned a bounty of 12 pounds each.

--In the 1940s and 1950s, the grass surface on most mini-golf courses was actually goat hair that had been dyed green.

--In 1930, there were 32,000 speakeasies in New York City--more than twice the number of legal drinking establishments in town BEFORE Prohibition.

--12 to 15 million spectators typically line the route of the Tour de France.

--1904 was the year the first case of cheating during the Tour de France was documented.

--In 1975 the beaver was adopted as the official symbol of Canadian sovereignty.

--Nelson Rockefeller, the former US vice-president, died while 'entertaining' his mistress at a townhouse he'd purchased for her.

--Henry Ford said the Model T was available in any color "so long as it was black"--or so the legend goes. Totally false, however. From its introduction in 1908 until 1913, you could get the Model T in several colors, including red, grey, blue, and green.