In their raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, the U.S. Special Forces team found many items of potentially valuable information. But no one was ready for a room crammed with 32 years of Redbook Magazine, all heavily read and annotated in the margins in what experts say is Osama's own handwriting. Apparently he was always looking for ways to do things more efficiently. When contacted Redbook's editors said that while they in no way condone terrorism, they could understand how some of the timesaving tips for modern moms might be adapted to help with operational logistics. Some secondary notations in some of the magazines indicated that Osama might have thought that his compound was a bit drab and could use some sprucing up.

All sturgeon, whales and unmarked mute swans in England belong, by law, to the Queen. The British Royal family has traditionally used them as sexual aids. As former King George V said "There's nothing like a sturgeon's scales to really help one along." The British Library contains a handwritten journal attributed to Queen Anne that contains 8 closely-written pages describing various erotic uses for whale blubber.

Recent historical research in the Russian Archives has revealed that Josef Stalin was actually a woman. Numerous sources confirm that this was publically known in the Russian government during the time she was in charge. No one wanted to mention it because, frankly, they were all completely terrified of her. It was only after her death that Russians, in a display of retroactive machismo, changed all references to her original name (which has now apparently been lost to history) to Josef Stalin. Numerous artists were also charged with putting moustaches on all known pictures of her. This was not too difficult, as she was a quite mannish-looking woman. Pictures of her meeting with Roosevelt and Churchill were actually of a body double. She hated both men and stated that she “wasn’t going to waste her time talking to a drunk and a cripple.” Researchers are still searching the archives in the hopes that they can uncover her original name.

Candian Geese are exceptionally good for use as "gaydar". They will honk at gay men and women using a different pitch than heterosexual men and women over 90% of the time.

There have been more words written about Harry Potter fanfiction than about any other topic in the whole of human civilization.

Although she has never (at least according to her own comments) performed oral sex, actress Resse Witherspoon practices it at least ten minutes every day. When asked why she said "I have always felt that one should try and be prepared for as many eventualities as possible. I never know when I might find a dick I really like."

Owners of Mini Cooper automobiles are 75X more likely to have personalized license plates than any other types of car owner.

Senator Joe Lieberman is terrified of being buried prematurely. His will stipulates that he must be laid out in a room for at least two weeks, or "long enough for decay to be visually observed in my body." Unfortunately this conflicts with his devout Jewish faith which requires a body to be buried immediately. He has consulted over 50 rabbis to try and find one who will give him a sympathetic religious opinion. He has not found anyone yet who will agree with his fears. He is toying with the idea that burial is okay as long as his body is fitted with a heart monitor that would alert someone if his cataleptic heart were to beat more quickly.

The average mall Santa gets peed on seven times a day.

The weight of the materials used daily in California to produce sex toys is more than the weight of all materials used in the construction of the city of Rome from its founding through the 17th century.

New York City has started giving mock Bluetooth cellphone headsets to its homeless people. The effort is intended to remove some of the social stigma of these people due to their self conversations.

Recently a nutrition expert theorized that the reason so many Hollywood stars get into embarrassing situations is not because they are stupid or over-privileged, but because they are in an almost constant state of confusion due to hunger and malnutrition.

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.