Vice President Dick Cheney doesn't actually have a heart problem, but he does have a pacemaker. He had it installed so that it would regulate his heart rate during any polygraph test, enabling him to tell lies and half-truths with relative impunity.

Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens has been pulled overboard on several occasions by fish that he has caught. Once by a halibut, once by a king salmon and once by a particularly frisky trout.

Actor Ryan Reynolds is very, very afraid of showers. He usually takes a bath, but if he has to take a shower for some reason he has to take a tranquilizer beforehand. The big downside is that the tranquilizer really screws up his sense of time and he ends up taking really long showers, up to two hours.

NFL running back Reggie Bush is not an environmentalist, but he doesn't like to lie. So every so often he makes to sure to physically hug a tree so that he can say he is a "treehugger" is a reporter ever asks him about his views on the environment. So far the question has only come up once and the reporter laughed at the response long enough for Bush to leave the room without having to worry about follow-up questions.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland drinks a lot, but not for the usual reasons. He suffers from Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) and has always felt that he had "too much liver". He drinks as a way to kill off at least part of his liver because he can't find a doctor who will surgically remove part of it.

All sea otters are bisexual.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is a huge fan of Harry Potter. In fact, he requires that all his Supreme Court clerks not only be very familiar with the series of books, but they must also play an instrument so that they can play in his wizrock band, Wizengamot.

In a 2002 interview, when asked what she would do if she won an Academy Award, actress Tara Reid said "I would refuse it. Accepting an award would just make it seem as if I think acting is an important occupation. It's not, we're really just hired monkeys jumping around on stage for the amusement of the audience. I mean it's not fucking brain surgery, it's not developing a cure for cancer." When asked if she thought that this attitude might alienate her fans she said "Fuck them. Dumbasses."

Actor Dustin Hoffman charges people $10,000 to record a telephone answer machine message for them. He will read any script that they want, as long as he doesn't deem it obscene.

Scottish Highland cattle are exceptional diggers. They can dig a four foot deep hole in two hours. They sometimes excavate "burrows" for themselves when the wind is especially bitter. Unlike rodents burrows, the cattle "burrows" are essentially just deep holes that the cows can shelter in. On the downside, cattle have been known to drown in these holes due to sudden rainstorms. They are very heavy sleepers.

Record exective and reality TV fixture Simon Cowell is in the Guiness Book of World's Records for the rather astonishing ability of balancing a needle, point-first, on a single grain of salt.

Mogul Rupert Murdoch won't go outside without nose filters. Not only is he worried about airborne diseases, but he is also worried about mind control, since he believes that nostrils provide unimpeded access to the brain.

Actress Jessica Biel spends four hours a day submerged in lotion in an effort to keep her skin soft.

On PC keyboards, the Scroll Lock key is not actually connected to any circuitry.

Every day in the United States people clicking on computer mice release the same amount of energy as a 10 kiloton nuclear weapon.

Comedian/actor Stephen Colbert is hard at work producing a new Pippi Longstocking movie, with himself in the starring role.

Actor Viggo Mortensen follows hotel cleaning crews and sneaks into hotel rooms to steal Bibles when the crews aren't paying attention. He says that he is just doing his part to help the American public.

In Portland, Oregon it is illegal to kick a fish.

The annual 4th of July hot dog eating competion in Coney Island has refused to allow tofu-based "veggie" dogs to be used in the competition. According to the company policy of the organizer "The hot dog helps us to celebrate our lives and our liberties, and it was the firm belief of our founder that these liberties rested on us eating the flesh of dead animals. In this era of "political correctness" and "animal rights" we feel it is important to maintain the traditions that made us both a great Nation and a great company." Besides, a spokesman added "It is a well-known fact that soy-based products make you gay."

Author Deepak Chopra is experimenting with a new diet that consists solely of krill, a small shrimp that is the primary diet of blue whales. He said that "If this tiny creature can sustain the largest animal on Earth, it must be worthwhile." He has maintained his weight and energy, but has said that the shells from the krill have been "very, very, very hard" on his "colon and anus".

Actress Scarlett Johansson won't date a guy until he can beat her 3 out of 5 times thumb wrestling. This is not easy. She has very strong thumbs. She can break a walnut between her thumb and forefinger.

Actor Chuck Norris refuses to eat pork because he decided after reading the Bible (Matthew 8:28-34) that pigs are especially vulnerable to demonic possession.