Just what the title says.

Friday, April 29, 2005

Charles Dickens never liked Christmas and, in fact, based the character of Ebenezer Scrooge on himself.

Thursday, April 28, 2005

During the summer shooting hiatus from Smallville, actor Tom Welling runs a commercial fishing boat of the coast of Massachusetts called the Roughrider.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Studies show that sociopathic tendencies are 5 times more likely to occur in identical twins, given some credence to the preponderance of evil twins on soap operas.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

The following substances can be hallucenogenic if taken in the correct dosage and in the correct manner: shark (orally), lettuce (suppository), oats (sublingually), Vitamin E (injected), milk (orally), pecan bark (inhaled), and ground turnips (smoked).

Monday, April 25, 2005

Richard Dreyfuss was a Gold Gloves champion boxer in his youth. He was especially known for his one-punch knockouts.

Friday, April 22, 2005

The average U.S. girl eats 50 pounds of hair by age 21.

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Every day in the United States, computer users spend 5.6 man-years playing Freecell.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

When Richard Nixon died he was buried, at his personal request, with a troll doll given to him by Mao Tse Tung. Nixon's request caused a great deal of discussion as to whether the doll constituted an offical state gift and therefore could not be legally interred with him. The White House Office of Protocol eventually decided that it was a personal gift and could be buried with him.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Every cartoon strip of Garfield has a subliminal obscenity in it.

Monday, April 18, 2005

Newt Gingrich never misses an episode of the supernatural soap opera "Passions". Since leaving the U.S. House of Representatives he has written the producers more than once, each time asking for a lesbian vampire storyline.

Friday, April 15, 2005

A hairbrush is the third-most common murder weapon in the United States, after gun and knife.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

There are no dog owners in Missouri. Dogs are considered so important to the local hunting community that a bill was passed saying that all registered dogs are permanently leased from the State, and the lease can be revoked in time of need.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

On averarge, a resident of Arizona has been gored by a bull at least once in their life.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

The second most common animal phobia, after spiders, is a fear of snails.

Monday, April 11, 2005

Tofu reduces the brain's ability to recognize and remember smells. Long-term tofu eaters are continually surprised how bad it smells when they defecate.

Friday, April 08, 2005

Dolph Lundgren uses an unusual animal to guard his valuable items. He maintains a collection of 100,000 fleas that he releases into his personal vault. When he wants to get into the vault he opens small doors with blood containers behind them to lure the fleas out of the way. He considered infecting the fleas with some disease, but found that he would fall afoul of Homeland Security regulations if he did. As it is he has to register his home as a biohazard facility. And he has to maintain a constant blood supply to feed the fleas.

Thursday, April 07, 2005

One stick of Burt's Beeswax Lip Balm can cover an area the size of Vermont. This translates to 75,000,000 lips. Unfortunately, 98% of people either lose their stick or send it through the wash within 2 days of purchase.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Fellatio is listed as the official cause of traffic accidents about 500 times a year in the United States. In Italy, it is listed as official cause of about 6000 traffic accidents a year. Interviews with police suggest that the actual rates of accidents due to fellatio are really much the same, Italians are just much more willing to admit it.

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

The kinetic energy released from a baseball hitting a bat is equal to half a stick of dynamite.

Monday, April 04, 2005

All the elvators in U.S. Capital building play Muzak versions of Leonard Cohen music on an infinite loop.

Friday, April 01, 2005

At any one moment in the world, there are more people under the influence of drugs and alcohol than there are sober.