Penguin clubbing is legal in New Zealand, provided it can be demonstrated that the penguins had a "fighting chance". Legally this means that the total mass of the penguins present must outweigh the hunter by a factor of 50. So, theoretically, if the penguins banded together they could take down the hunter. The only other restriction is that the club can't weigh more than 35 oz.

Russian dictator Josef Stalin never wore underwear. He was once asked why by one of his mistresses and he said "It would be wrong. Only the proletariat can be allowed to control the means of production."

The nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty was originally written as a description of the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D. The original verse was in Latin, and is only known from descriptions in later works.

When Angelina Jolie moves into a new house one of the first things that she does is have part of it repainted. To the paint that is used for this, she adds a few drops of her own blood. She claims that the blood is "what makes a house into a home."

Actor James Cromwell has eleven fingers. He is very adept at holding his hand so that the eleventh finger never shows up in photos.

76% of professional baseball players would willingly take a pill that would take 5 years off their life if it would also allow them to hit over .300. 23% of players would take the pill if it took up to 20 years off their lives.

The largest zit ever recorded held over a cup and a half of pus when it was popped. The dermatologist who treated it said that it was "the most disgusting thing I have seen in 26 years of dermatology."

Properly treated, human hair can be induced to stretch by over 300%. The treatment to do this is a closely guarded secret of Hollywood. It's used to allow movie stars to change their hairstyles so often. Unfortunately, it also leads to early baldness. There are more human hair wigs bought in the city of Los Angeles than in any three other countries.

With extreme concentration and years of practice, certain Hindu yogis can cause their hearts to beat backwards. There is no known use for this from a health standpoint or a metaphysical standpoint. Apparently the yogis just wanted to see if it could be done.

In an effort to draw revelers away from New Orleans, the Galveston Texas City Council has made public nudity during their Mardi Gras festivities legal provided that the person is wearing a full face mask and all genitals are covered in paint.

The Australian Oblong Turtle (Chelodina oblonga) can preserve food within its digestive system for up to 3 months with change. It uses this ability to weather times of drought when food is scarce. Researchers are trying to determine what chemicals the turtles uses to save its meals, because they feel that they could be of use in shipping food long distances without refrigeration.

The New York City Salvation Army sponsors weekly pigeon hunts to help provide food for their kitchens. An average hunt nets over two tons of usable pigeon meat. The hunts started in 1983 as a way to control costs, and despite the significant amounts of meat taken there has been no net drop in the city's pigeon population.

All Peale's Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) appear to be bisexual. Females of the species are the only animals aside from human who have been observed to use objects as sexual aids.

If every pornographic image found on the Internet were to be printed out in hard copy it would be enough to completely cover the surface of the Earth.

Candles made from human bodily materials last up to twice as long as candles made from materials from other animals, such as bees or cattle. Candles made from human ear wax burn 76% longer than candles made from beeswax, while candles made from human fat burn 103% longer than candles made from beef fat or tallow.

Mogul Donald Trump will only write on scratch paper that has been made from shredded 100 dollar bills. He feels that anything thing else is "for little people".

When Katie Couric became the anchorperson of CBS Evening News she had it written into her contract that she could miss up to 5 days of work a year due to "bad hair days".

In Scotland, it has been illegal for citizen to be vegetarians since 1847. It is believed that the law was originally enacted to discourage immigration from other parts of the British Empire, primarily Indians. The law, which has never been repealed, says that "Once a year every true citizen of Scotland must eat a fair and hearty portion of our savory and beloved nation dish, haggis." Although that there is no record of this law ever being enforced to the point of deporting some one, there is a newspaper account of a Scottish politician being forced, by mention of this law, to participate in a haggis-eating contest in 1923. His political enemies had claimed that he was not a "true citizen of Scotland" due to a distaste for the organ-laden dish. The politician in question not only won the competition, but he also won reelection to public official almost solely on his eating accomplishments.

8% of Washington state residents have said that they would be willing to try a bite of Bigfoot flesh if a specimen is every caught. 11% of Washington women have said that they would be willing to try and give birth to a Bigfoot baby (either by artificial insemination or natural means) if they had the chance.

As a young man, preacher Jerry Falwell wanted to be an actor and attempted to start his career by doing impressions. His best impression was an apparently spot-on impression of Warren G. Harding. Falwell worked very hard on that one, studying old newsreels and descriptions of the President. Although his act was praised by the history professor of his local community college as being very accurate and having a "blisteringly funny take" on the Teapot Dome scandal no one else cared about Warren G. Harding. His one man show only attracted 2 paying attendees. He quit show business and went into religion, complaining that "The immorality of modern culture has rendered humanity insensible to true entertainment and respondent only to the lures of sex, drugs and violence." To this day, he leaves the room whenever Warren G. Harding is mentioned, in any context.