Strange But True: June 18, 2020

* Following the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, thousands of hairstylists and alpaca farmers donated over 19 warehouses worth of cut hair to help absorb the spilled oil.

* Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula," or "Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the River Porciuncula." Now you know why people usually just call it "L.A."

* Sex expert Dr. Ruth was trained as a sniper by the Israeli military.

* Looking for the perfect gift for the object of your affection? How about a toilet seat? Don't laugh -- that's what Ben Affleck gave Jennifer Lopez when the two were a hot item. Of course, this particular "throne" cost $105,000 and was covered in diamonds, rubies and sapphires!

* Astronaut Neil Armstrong threatened legal action against his barber for selling his hair to a collector for $3,000.

* The Benguet of northwestern Philippines blindfold their dead and place them next to the main entrance of the house.

* Mr. and Mrs. Curry, of New York City, got married inside a 120,000-gallon shark tank. The bride wore a white wetsuit and the groom wore black, saying their "I do's" while circled by different types of sharks and eels. Both were experienced divers but had to broadcast their vows to the wedding officiant, family and friends, since (unsurprisingly) none of them possessed equal nerve to enter the tank.

* Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank was posthumously baptized "by proxy" into Mormonism at least nine times.

* Boxer Mike Tyson once bribed a zoo worker to open the attraction for just him and his wife. During the visit, he also tried to bribe an attendant to let him fight a gorilla. The employee said no. (One wonders who would have won.)

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Thought for the Day: "So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend." -- Robert Louis Stevenson