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04-16-2009, 06:26 AM
Bradley Gellert, from Apollo Beach, Florida was recently arrested - charged with choking his wife during an argument. At the time, he was wearing an "I Love My Marriage" t-shirt. WTSP (Tampa, Florida), 3/17/09
The first Italian restaurant has recently opened in North Korea. Kim Jong Il had chefs trained in Italy for the new restaurant. - The Telegraph (UK), 3/16/09
The state of Iowa has changed the name of the Department of Elder Affairs to the Department of Aging. Many people are objecting to the new name, especially when being referred to by the inevitable acronym. - The Week Magazine, 3/20/09
The odds are 2 out of 3 (67%) that you're currently overweight. - Time Magazine, 12/1/08
The odds are 1 in 3500 (.029%) that you will be injured this year by your pet. - The Week Magazine, 4/10/09
The odds are 1 in 4 (27%) that your blood pressure is too high. - Time Magazine, 12/1/08
Opal Walker, a 79-year-old Florida woman, has received an "urgent invitation" to join the United States Marine Corps. - The Week Magazine, 3/20/09
Every year, up to 10,000 steel shipping containers snap loose from the decks of storm-tossed ships, scattering their contents in the seas. - Wired Magazine, 4/09
An Ontario woman became terrified by a cardboard cutout of a coyote. She dialed 911 to report a wild animal on the prowl; police surrounded the cardboard coyote before realizing that it wasn't real. - The Week Magazine, 4/10/09
10% of all time spent online is spent on social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.). - Discover Magazine, 5/09
68-year-old Linda Wolfe has been married 23 times, and is currently looking for husband #24. - The Week Magazine, 3/6/09
The odds are 24 out of 25 (96%) that you can't remember the last time you had a salad. - Time Magazine, 12/1/08
The odds are 1 in 520 (.192%) that you subscribe to an adult-content website if you live in Montana. - Discover Magazine, 5/09
The odds are 1 in 182 (.547%) that you subscribe to an adult-content website if you live in Utah. - Discover Magazine, 5/09
A Tunisian pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison because he paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash landing his plane, killing sixteen people. - The Week Magazine, 4/10/09
On the first shot of her first round ever on a golf course, Unni Haskell got a hole-in-one on the 100-yard first hole at a par-3 course in St. Petersburg, Florida. - Canada.com, 3/21/09
Landfills are getting up to 30% less trash because of the troubling economy. - Seattle Times, 3/15/09
India's Hindu nationalist movement is launching a new soft drink made from cow urine. - Fox News, 2/11/09
Paraplegic David Blancarte used a wheelchair for 20 years, but was recently bitten by a brown recluse spider. Within five days of being bitten, Blancarte was walking again. - CBS13 Sacramento, 3/12/09
The first African-American man to appear solo on a US coin is Duke Ellington, on the reverse of the 2009 District of Columbia quarter. - CNN, 2/24/09
A New York man tried to return a "bad" lobster at his local supermarket. The grocery refused when they discovered that the lobster meat was gone, and the shell was reassembled to look whole. - UPI, 1/21/09
A species of quail long thought extinct was found in a Philippines food market and photographed. Before scientists realized the importance of the find, the bird had been sold and eaten. - National Geographic, 2/18/09
In some Boulder, Colorado classrooms, students sit on exercise balls. The students supposedly can work out their restlessness and concentrate more on their studies. - CBS4 (Denver), 3/18/09
Across the nation, 19 million houses and apartments -- nearly one out of every seven -- are vacant, the highest percentage since the 1960s. - New York Times, 3/6/09
Teens with cell phones average 2,272 text messages a month. - Charleston (West Virginia) Daily Mail, 2/22/09
If you exercise to lose weight - choose your sport wisely. Swimming in cold water tends to make people crave high-fat foods, according to new research at Loughborough University in the U.K. - The Week Magazine, 3/27/09
A person can earn $50 per hour sitting on balloons while being filmed (for fetish videos). - Time Magazine, 3/30/09
The average total sales price in January 2009 for a house in Detroit, Michigan was $6,035. - North County Times, 3/15/09
Traffic officers in Gainesville, Florida issued seven tickets to a BMW for illegal parking in a two week period. A neighbor finally called police who found a dead body in the back seat. - The Week Magazine, 3/13/09
All the U.S. coins and bills in circulation have a total worth of $829 billion. Two thirds of that is held overseas. - Discover Magazine, 4/09
If you count people on parole and probation, 1 out of 26 adults in Louisiana is under control of the Department of Corrections. - The Week Magazine, 3/13/09
Actor Sean Connery attributes his happy marriage to the fact that he can't speak French, while his wife speaks very little English. This inability to argue is "what has kept us together all these years", says Connery. - The Week Magazine, 1/16/09
The heart attack survival rate in Las Vegas is 53%. In Chicago it's only 2%. - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
A deer with an injured leg bounded into a PetSmart in Ohio recently. The deer got stitched up by the on-duty veterinarian and then bounded out of the store. - The Week Magazine, 2/20/09
By the age of 14, the average American child has seen 11,000 murders on television. - Discover Magazine, 2/09
Dane Cook's half-brother was arrested for embezzling over $10,000,000 from the comedian. - The Week Magazine, 1/16/09
Women are more likely to die in the week after their birthday than any other week of the year. - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
Richard Branson has offered US Airways pilot/hero Chesley Sullenberger double his salary if he comes to work for Virgin Air. - The Week Magazine, 2/13/09
The 3 deadliest days for pedestrians are January 1, December 23 and October 31. - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
President Obama likes it warm in the White House. Advisor David Axelrod says, "You could grow orchids in there." - The Week Magazine, 2/13/09
More people die from serious illnesses if they are admitted to a hospital on the weekend (as opposed to during the week). - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
Police in Germany are looking for an prisoner who mailed himself out of jail. Hans Lang appears to have hidden himself inside a large Federal Express package of dirty sheets that was later picked up for delivery. Once clear of the prison grounds, Lang exited the box, picked the lock on the door of the delivery truck, and disappeared into some woods near Dusseldorf. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
Pennsylvania firefighters in biohazard suits had to saw Shannon Hunter out of a porta-potty. He was wedged in so tight, rescuers had to saw the toilet away from him. When asked why he was naked, Miller just shrugged his shoulders. - UPI, 6/10/08
Research shows that if you don't eat before and during an overnight flight, it suspends your body's sense of time - thus avoiding jet lag. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
Mice may be responsible for a blaze that killed nearly 100 cats at an animal shelter near Toronto, Canada. The fire marshal says mice or rats chewing through electrical wires in the ceiling are likely to have sparked the blaze. - BBC News, 12/19/08
Magnets have been shown to reduce swelling and increase blood flow, allowing for faster healing. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
An Austin, Texas man paid $1,350 for a cornflake in the shape of Illinois. - Parade Magazine, 12/28/08
The odds are 6 out of 10 (59%) that you want to throw every person in Congress out and start all over. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
General Motors lost $181,000 each minute of the second quarter 2008. - Newsweek, 12/29/08
The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars since 1992 to buy a fleet of 112,000 alternative fuel vehicles. Unfortunately there are so few suppliers of ethanol and natural gas, so these vehicles are powered by gasoline 92% of the time. - The Week Magazine, 12/5/08
Two men entered a man's home - one holding a gun while the other brandished a knife to the resident's neck. The assailants demanded the victim's eggbeater. - Yahoo! News, 12/16/08
The odds are 1 out of 7 (14%) that you have replaced your land-line phone with your cell phone. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
City crews in Ankeny, Iowa are using garlic salt to melt snow and ice from city streets. - Chicago Tribune, 12/17/08
Out of the 11,585 stock mutual funds tracked by Morningstar, Inc., 11,584 have lost money in 2008. The sole exception, APX Midcap Growth Fund, posted a market-beating return of 0%. - The Week Magazine, 12/5/08
Walmart has more than 2,100,000 employees - about the same as the entire population of the country Latvia. - Fast Company, 12/08
31-year-old Tom Sietas holds the world record for holding his breath underwater - an amazing 10 minutes 12 seconds. - The Week Magazine, 12/12/08
25% of employees who use the Internet visit porn sites during the workday. - Time Magazine, 12/8/08
Gas stations are actually making more profit now that gas prices are much lower. - The Week Magazine, 12/12/08
The obesity rate in the United States has doubled between 1976 and 1999. California is the only state not getting any fatter. - Discover Magazine, 1/09
British cemeteries are exhuming bodies in order to rebury them deeper, leaving room for more bodies on top. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
An Iowa man is suing Martha Stewart and KMart for an injury caused by a deck chair. Patrick Albanese claims he is no longer able to perform magic and play the banjo, due to his severed fingertip. - Des Moines Register, 11/18/08
A seller on eBay was asking $500 for his 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest - it had no motor nor transmission. Auto enthusiasts recognized it as one of six Tempest Super Duty cars ever built. The car sold for $226,521. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
About 200 thefts of nuclear material are reported each year. Most of this material is never recovered. - USA Today, 12/25/06
Barack Obama is the first president that has Internet access in the Oval Office. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
The number of adults in the United States who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for the first time on record, but cigarettes still kill almost half a million people per year. - Reuters, 11/13/08
Because of taxes, the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in New York City is $8.66. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
A drunken Jersey City councilman Steven Lipski was arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington night club. - New York Daily News, 11/9/08
"Leave It to Beaver" actor Tony Dow has one of his sculptures displayed at the Louvre in Paris. - Los Angeles Times, 11/15/08
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The first Italian restaurant has recently opened in North Korea. Kim Jong Il had chefs trained in Italy for the new restaurant. - The Telegraph (UK), 3/16/09
The state of Iowa has changed the name of the Department of Elder Affairs to the Department of Aging. Many people are objecting to the new name, especially when being referred to by the inevitable acronym. - The Week Magazine, 3/20/09
The odds are 2 out of 3 (67%) that you're currently overweight. - Time Magazine, 12/1/08
The odds are 1 in 3500 (.029%) that you will be injured this year by your pet. - The Week Magazine, 4/10/09
The odds are 1 in 4 (27%) that your blood pressure is too high. - Time Magazine, 12/1/08
Opal Walker, a 79-year-old Florida woman, has received an "urgent invitation" to join the United States Marine Corps. - The Week Magazine, 3/20/09
Every year, up to 10,000 steel shipping containers snap loose from the decks of storm-tossed ships, scattering their contents in the seas. - Wired Magazine, 4/09
An Ontario woman became terrified by a cardboard cutout of a coyote. She dialed 911 to report a wild animal on the prowl; police surrounded the cardboard coyote before realizing that it wasn't real. - The Week Magazine, 4/10/09
10% of all time spent online is spent on social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.). - Discover Magazine, 5/09
68-year-old Linda Wolfe has been married 23 times, and is currently looking for husband #24. - The Week Magazine, 3/6/09
The odds are 24 out of 25 (96%) that you can't remember the last time you had a salad. - Time Magazine, 12/1/08
The odds are 1 in 520 (.192%) that you subscribe to an adult-content website if you live in Montana. - Discover Magazine, 5/09
The odds are 1 in 182 (.547%) that you subscribe to an adult-content website if you live in Utah. - Discover Magazine, 5/09
A Tunisian pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison because he paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash landing his plane, killing sixteen people. - The Week Magazine, 4/10/09
On the first shot of her first round ever on a golf course, Unni Haskell got a hole-in-one on the 100-yard first hole at a par-3 course in St. Petersburg, Florida. - Canada.com, 3/21/09
Landfills are getting up to 30% less trash because of the troubling economy. - Seattle Times, 3/15/09
India's Hindu nationalist movement is launching a new soft drink made from cow urine. - Fox News, 2/11/09
Paraplegic David Blancarte used a wheelchair for 20 years, but was recently bitten by a brown recluse spider. Within five days of being bitten, Blancarte was walking again. - CBS13 Sacramento, 3/12/09
The first African-American man to appear solo on a US coin is Duke Ellington, on the reverse of the 2009 District of Columbia quarter. - CNN, 2/24/09
A New York man tried to return a "bad" lobster at his local supermarket. The grocery refused when they discovered that the lobster meat was gone, and the shell was reassembled to look whole. - UPI, 1/21/09
A species of quail long thought extinct was found in a Philippines food market and photographed. Before scientists realized the importance of the find, the bird had been sold and eaten. - National Geographic, 2/18/09
In some Boulder, Colorado classrooms, students sit on exercise balls. The students supposedly can work out their restlessness and concentrate more on their studies. - CBS4 (Denver), 3/18/09
Across the nation, 19 million houses and apartments -- nearly one out of every seven -- are vacant, the highest percentage since the 1960s. - New York Times, 3/6/09
Teens with cell phones average 2,272 text messages a month. - Charleston (West Virginia) Daily Mail, 2/22/09
If you exercise to lose weight - choose your sport wisely. Swimming in cold water tends to make people crave high-fat foods, according to new research at Loughborough University in the U.K. - The Week Magazine, 3/27/09
A person can earn $50 per hour sitting on balloons while being filmed (for fetish videos). - Time Magazine, 3/30/09
The average total sales price in January 2009 for a house in Detroit, Michigan was $6,035. - North County Times, 3/15/09
Traffic officers in Gainesville, Florida issued seven tickets to a BMW for illegal parking in a two week period. A neighbor finally called police who found a dead body in the back seat. - The Week Magazine, 3/13/09
All the U.S. coins and bills in circulation have a total worth of $829 billion. Two thirds of that is held overseas. - Discover Magazine, 4/09
If you count people on parole and probation, 1 out of 26 adults in Louisiana is under control of the Department of Corrections. - The Week Magazine, 3/13/09
Actor Sean Connery attributes his happy marriage to the fact that he can't speak French, while his wife speaks very little English. This inability to argue is "what has kept us together all these years", says Connery. - The Week Magazine, 1/16/09
The heart attack survival rate in Las Vegas is 53%. In Chicago it's only 2%. - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
A deer with an injured leg bounded into a PetSmart in Ohio recently. The deer got stitched up by the on-duty veterinarian and then bounded out of the store. - The Week Magazine, 2/20/09
By the age of 14, the average American child has seen 11,000 murders on television. - Discover Magazine, 2/09
Dane Cook's half-brother was arrested for embezzling over $10,000,000 from the comedian. - The Week Magazine, 1/16/09
Women are more likely to die in the week after their birthday than any other week of the year. - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
Richard Branson has offered US Airways pilot/hero Chesley Sullenberger double his salary if he comes to work for Virgin Air. - The Week Magazine, 2/13/09
The 3 deadliest days for pedestrians are January 1, December 23 and October 31. - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
President Obama likes it warm in the White House. Advisor David Axelrod says, "You could grow orchids in there." - The Week Magazine, 2/13/09
More people die from serious illnesses if they are admitted to a hospital on the weekend (as opposed to during the week). - San Diego Union, 1/11/09
Police in Germany are looking for an prisoner who mailed himself out of jail. Hans Lang appears to have hidden himself inside a large Federal Express package of dirty sheets that was later picked up for delivery. Once clear of the prison grounds, Lang exited the box, picked the lock on the door of the delivery truck, and disappeared into some woods near Dusseldorf. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
Pennsylvania firefighters in biohazard suits had to saw Shannon Hunter out of a porta-potty. He was wedged in so tight, rescuers had to saw the toilet away from him. When asked why he was naked, Miller just shrugged his shoulders. - UPI, 6/10/08
Research shows that if you don't eat before and during an overnight flight, it suspends your body's sense of time - thus avoiding jet lag. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
Mice may be responsible for a blaze that killed nearly 100 cats at an animal shelter near Toronto, Canada. The fire marshal says mice or rats chewing through electrical wires in the ceiling are likely to have sparked the blaze. - BBC News, 12/19/08
Magnets have been shown to reduce swelling and increase blood flow, allowing for faster healing. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
An Austin, Texas man paid $1,350 for a cornflake in the shape of Illinois. - Parade Magazine, 12/28/08
The odds are 6 out of 10 (59%) that you want to throw every person in Congress out and start all over. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
General Motors lost $181,000 each minute of the second quarter 2008. - Newsweek, 12/29/08
The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars since 1992 to buy a fleet of 112,000 alternative fuel vehicles. Unfortunately there are so few suppliers of ethanol and natural gas, so these vehicles are powered by gasoline 92% of the time. - The Week Magazine, 12/5/08
Two men entered a man's home - one holding a gun while the other brandished a knife to the resident's neck. The assailants demanded the victim's eggbeater. - Yahoo! News, 12/16/08
The odds are 1 out of 7 (14%) that you have replaced your land-line phone with your cell phone. - The Week Magazine, 12/26/08
City crews in Ankeny, Iowa are using garlic salt to melt snow and ice from city streets. - Chicago Tribune, 12/17/08
Out of the 11,585 stock mutual funds tracked by Morningstar, Inc., 11,584 have lost money in 2008. The sole exception, APX Midcap Growth Fund, posted a market-beating return of 0%. - The Week Magazine, 12/5/08
Walmart has more than 2,100,000 employees - about the same as the entire population of the country Latvia. - Fast Company, 12/08
31-year-old Tom Sietas holds the world record for holding his breath underwater - an amazing 10 minutes 12 seconds. - The Week Magazine, 12/12/08
25% of employees who use the Internet visit porn sites during the workday. - Time Magazine, 12/8/08
Gas stations are actually making more profit now that gas prices are much lower. - The Week Magazine, 12/12/08
The obesity rate in the United States has doubled between 1976 and 1999. California is the only state not getting any fatter. - Discover Magazine, 1/09
British cemeteries are exhuming bodies in order to rebury them deeper, leaving room for more bodies on top. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
An Iowa man is suing Martha Stewart and KMart for an injury caused by a deck chair. Patrick Albanese claims he is no longer able to perform magic and play the banjo, due to his severed fingertip. - Des Moines Register, 11/18/08
A seller on eBay was asking $500 for his 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest - it had no motor nor transmission. Auto enthusiasts recognized it as one of six Tempest Super Duty cars ever built. The car sold for $226,521. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
About 200 thefts of nuclear material are reported each year. Most of this material is never recovered. - USA Today, 12/25/06
Barack Obama is the first president that has Internet access in the Oval Office. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
The number of adults in the United States who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for the first time on record, but cigarettes still kill almost half a million people per year. - Reuters, 11/13/08
Because of taxes, the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in New York City is $8.66. - The Week Magazine, 11/28/08
A drunken Jersey City councilman Steven Lipski was arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington night club. - New York Daily News, 11/9/08
"Leave It to Beaver" actor Tony Dow has one of his sculptures displayed at the Louvre in Paris. - Los Angeles Times, 11/15/08
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