Oldest Condoms
Discovered in the foundations of Dudley Castle near Birmingham, England, these condoms were made from fish and animal intestines and dated back to 1640.
Oldest Father
Mine worker Les Colley (1898-1998), from the town of Ararat in western Victoria, made world headlines as the world’s oldest father at age 93 yr. 10 mo., when his son Oswald was born in July 1992. ‘I never thought she would get pregnant so easy, but she bloody well did,’ he told the papers, discounting the possibility that perhaps HE had more to do with this miracle of fertilization. A non-drinker and non-smoker, he remained active up to the very end, succumbing to pneumonia four months shy of his 100th birthday
One Reason to Drive a Small Car
In Pennsylvania: “Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.”