The largest (and one of the most popular) exhibits at the New York Museum of Sex is a life-size reproduction of a blue whale's penis (11 feet long). Women stand in line to be photographed next to, or even hugging the enormous phallus.

The IRS keeps track of all jobs listed on tax returns every year. In 2003, 4503 people listed their occupation as "playa", and, amazingly, 29 listed their occupation as "playa hater".

Sharon Stone likes to wear clothing that makes her look fat. She has two reasons, 1) When she wears non-"fat" clothes, everyone always mentions how good she looks, and 2) She enjoys seeing her picture on the front of tabloids with large headlines about her weight. She says that she "really enjoys deceiving those bastards".

In a recent booksigning in Betws-y-Coed, Wales, J.K. Rowling let it drop that one of the recurring characters would come out as gay in her next book. She would not say who the character was, but said that the character hadn't been in all the books, but had been in more than one. She also commented that one of her three main characters has a great deal of difficulty dealing with this revelation.

In the five days before Hurricane Ivan made landfall earlier this month, residents of New Orleans drank as much alcohol in "hurricane parties" as the city of Los Angeles drinks in an entire month. This despite the fact that the population of Los Angeles is over seven times larger than the population of New Orleans.

Skunk meat has a very sweet aftertaste when cooked. In fact, it has prompted diabetics to give themselves insulin injections.

Brad Pitt hates the way he looks. He once considered plastic surgery to make himself look different, but finally decided against it because (in his words) "The way I look now gets me a lot of tail."

Abe Vigoda filmed ever single episode of Barney Miller while high.

Some Hollywood bodyguards have implanted lead weights into their hands so that their punches will have more force behind them. These bodyguards generally only work for celebrities with their own private jets due to the fact that they set off metal detectors in airports.

When author C.S. Lewis died his relatives discovered that he was one of the biggest panda bear fans in the world. He had 154 stuffed pandas and a staggering 36,000 panda figurines of various shapes and sizes.

In 2001 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered his IT head to block access to eBay for everyone with a Defense Department computer. This was due, in large part, to the fact that Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was spending several hours a day browsing model train listings on the popular electronic marketplace.

Excessive consumption of raisins can cause a metal detector to go off due to high iron concentrations in the body.

Almost every year in Maine someone is fatally gored by a moose.

The Washington Redskins have an annual competition to see who has the biggest mouth. It is usually won by an offensive lineman. But this year it was won by the backup quarterback Patrick Ramsey, who put the equivalent of two whole cabbages in his mouth.

More than one of the models featured in the Victoria's Secret catalog had taken the initial steps towards becoming nuns before they decided to try modelling.

There is a much higher occurrence of dwarfism among the children of NBA players than in the general U.S. population.

Gianni Versace came up with a design that called for a small group of marmosets to be trained to hold hands and form a living shirt. Notes found after his death make clear that he had abandoned the effort because the marmosets would have been distracted by food at any dinner party.

France is experiencing a surprising resurgence in the use of the enema for recreational and spiritual purposes. Much like the 17th and 18th century people are using a clyster pipe for administering gaseous enemas, including tobacco, marijuana and cocaine. Some people are also using enemas to directly inject alcohol into their colons so that they can get drunker than is possible through imbibing alone. And some people are injecting incense smoke to allow them to "carry a High Mass in the ass". The Catholic Church strongly disapproves of the last use calling it "sacrilegious and impious".

Scott Baio gives every one of his dates a pair of edible panties at the start of the evening.

Barbara Bush used to have her servants surreptiously slip sedatives into the drinks of "unsuitable" dates that her children brought home.

John Wayne took a formal high tea every day at 4 P.M. sharp on every movie he ever did.

Gerald McRaney is a big believer in the Armed Forces. He has consistently donated at least 10% of his salary to charities supporting veterans, and when he was on "Major Dad" he donated 80% of his salary. Luckily, he was married to Delta Burke who was making enough money for the both of them.