Although unusual, it is not unheard of for people to commit suicide with a wood chipper. Between 1999 and 2006, 47 people in the United States ran themselves through a wood chipper as a way to end it all. Most chose to dive in headfirst, apparently in an effort to have it over quickly. Interviews with family and friends revealed that almost all of the people who chose this method were either extremely committed environmentalists, or fanatic home gardeners.

Actress Bea Arthur has the world's largest private reserve of skunk spray. She keeps 5,000 gallons of the extract in a specially-constructed bunker behind her house. It has a negative air pressure so none of the smell escapes.

Newscaster Peter Jennings suffers from what he describes as a "wholly rational and completely understandable" fear of the letter Y. He does his best to ensure that he never has to read a word with the letter Y in it during his newscast. He has never explained how his fear is "wholly rational".

Among self-described conservative Christians, women admit to watching over 7x more Internet porn than men. It's unclear whether this represents reality or if the women are just more likely to be honest.

If actress Kathy Lee Griffin reads for more than an hour at a time she gets a nosebleed.

Cheetos were originally invented to be food for space missions. They were a success in terms of weight, but a failure in terms of bulk. Also the cheese coating covered the entire cabin during zero gravity. Attempts to create dehydrated Cheetos were such a complete failure that the records leading to their development were deliberately destroyed.

In the United States it is impossible to get homeowner's insurance if you own a monkey of any kind. Senator John McCain has talked about closing this "ape hole" in several of his campaign speeches, but he has never introduced any legislation addressing the issue.

The U.S. Army has put over $10 million to develop a workable "gaydar" that would be based on behavioral cues and biochemical traces. The Army hopes to cut down on the number of discharges based on sexual preference. Unfortunately, so far the machine has pegged every single person that it has tested as gay, including Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Gen. David Petraeus.

In 2006, a British man set the world's record for most weight lost in a 5 minute period when he lost 32 pounds through vomiting, urinating and defecating simultaneously. It was not intentional.

Over 97% of all computers connected to the Internet have porn on them in some form.

Over 12,000 house cats are eaten by hawks, owls, and eagles every year in the United States.

When he attended the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the U.S. Secret Service would not allow President George W. Bush to attend any of the track and field events. They were concerned that someone might attempt to hit him with a javelin.

A 2001 Wonder Woman comic book revealed that Wonder Woman is lactose intolerant.

The U.S. Army is working on a short-term, reversible drug that would instantly put people into a coma. Not only could it be very helpful on the battlefield, but it would also be useful to allow the Army to load more soldiers in a plane, stacked in tiers.

George W. Bush once tried to kill a fly on a window by throwing a phone book at it. Unsurprisingly the phone book completely destroyed the window. He then refused to clean up the glass claiming the whole idea was "ludicrous".

Sean Connery will no longer take a movie role unless his character gets to punch someone.

In between her junior and senior year in college, Governor Sarah Palin was a backup dancer for the music group Wham!

67% of all DUI arrests involve Republicans.

During the Italian Renaissance it was general practice that whenever a painter depicted God he was to be shown with an erect penis to demonstrate his power and potency. Although God is usually shown clothed, the folds almost always are done in such as way as to suggest tumescence.

The Smithsonian Institute has preserved specimens of thousands of extinct creatures. Some of these remains still contain DNA. The Smithsonian Board of Trustees is currently looking at a proposal to boost attendance and fund-raising by working towards cloning an extinct animal. There are a number of proposed animals, but the current favorite seems to be the thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger.

Senator Joe Biden is a passionate swing dancer. He practices both East Coast swing and Lindy Hop at least three nights a week. His wife gave him a zoot suit for Christmas and he wears it at every dance he goes to.

While Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Governor Sarah Palin lobbied hard for a federal earmark that would have provided every resident of the town with free, expanded cable. It was never enacted.

Although Netflix offers all 13 of the Land Before Time movies for rent, they have no record of anyone ever getting any of the series past the Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists.

On average, 26% of Sunday churchgoers in Alabama are either hungover or drunk.

When actor/martial artist Chuck Norris was still competing in martial arts tournaments, he would always start out his training sessions by having his sparring partner punch him in the crotch. His assumption was that that would be the worst thing that could happen to him in competition and if he could learn to deal with it he could handle anything. He has, in general, stopped that practice. He occasionally does it now out of a "sense of nostalgia".

When author Thomas Pynchon was writing Gravity's Rainbow, he was so beset by writer's block that he superglued his mouth together because he felt that food and conversation were a hindrance to the completion of his book. He continued in this manner for 27 more days, taking all nourishment by IV and communicating with friends and family by means of short notes.

When Governor Mike Huckabee was 16 he refused to eat any vegetables for over seven months. He stopped the practice when he developed scurvy and lost three teeth.

There are 13 different medicines for sale in the United States that are based on dog feces.