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Louisiana is now the third largest movie production center in the United States, after California and New York. - The Week Magazine, 12/7/07
Lahde Capital, a California Hedge Fund, has made more than 1,000% return this year. It is one of the world's best performing funds of all time. - Dow Jones Financial News, 11/26/07
Palm Beach (Florida) Community College employees can get insurance for their pets, but not their domestic partners. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 11/24/07
New York City is on track (in 2007) to have the lowest number of homicides since they started keeping reliable statistics. What's even more striking is that only 35 of the murders have been determined to be committed by strangers - an amazing statistic. - New York Times, 11/23/07
6% of British homeowners use their credit cards to pay their mortgages, even though the average credit card interest rate is more than double mortgage rates. - Yahoo! News, 11/1/07
A dentist was dancing to a song on the radio ("Car Wash"), when the drill snapped off and lodged near her eye. Brandy Fanning, 31, had to undergo emergency surgery to remove the drill bit. - Chicago Tribune, 11/4/07
There are now 3.3 billion mobile services accounts in existence. This works out to be one for every two human beings on the planet. - Network World, 12/3/07
Boy Scouts in Los Angeles can earn a merit badge for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. - MSNBC.com, 10/20/06
Joe Martins of Cobb County, Georgia got a letter from Wachovia Bank saying that he owed $211 trillion dollars due to a bounced check. - WSB-TV (Atlanta), 11/30/07
The average monthly revenue per mobile services user in Kuwait is $71. The average monthly revenue per mobile services user in Sri Lanka is $2.83. - Network World, 12/3/07
Arno Herwerth, a retired NYC police officer, has been asked to return his vanity license plates because they are "derogatory to a particular ethnic group". His vanity plate said "Get Osama". - FOX News, 11/20/07
Dutch police have charged a teenager with stealing $5,000 worth of virtual furniture in an online video game. - BBC News, 11/14/07
San Francisco, California is now omitting gender from its ID cards to city residents. It'll still include the birthdate, name and a photo, but not the usual "male" or "female" designations. - USAToday, 11/21/07
Disneyland is finding many people are scattering ashes of family members on their favorite rides. Several separate events have been noted - and custodians have been issued special vacuums to remove suspicious debris. - Los Angeles Times, 11/14/07
The Pentagon is demanding that a soldier return part of his recruitment bonus since he didn't finish his commitment. Why didn't Jordan Fox finish his tour of duty? He was injured in a roadside attack in Iraq, losing sight in one eye and suffering back injuries. - CBS News, 11/21/07
A crime wave is hitting India - the perpetrators are monkeys. Two dozen people were injured recently when monkeys rampaged through a New Delhi neighborhood. - India Times, 11/13/07
Yellowstone National Park is rising by about 3 inches every year, due to a massive volcano underneath. - Science News, 11/10/07
A black bear is being sought by New Jersey police on suspicion of stealing a minivan. Police theorize that the bear smelled candy inside the van, smashed the window and then "accidentally released the emergency brake" while foraging inside. The minivan rolled down a hill, with the bear inside. - The Week Magazine, 11/23/07
Breast cancer patients are significantly more likely to have a pet dog instead of a cat. 80% of all breast cancer patients have had "extensive contact" with dogs before their diagnosis. Researchers speculate that dogs (and possibly other pets) harbor viruses that can raise the risk of contracting cancer. - San Diego Union, 11/20/07
Canada's Royal Ontario Museum went hunting for a Barosaurus skeleton to add to its collection. They found it in an unlikely location - the museum itself, hidden in separate boxes for 45 years. The museum's personnel had just forgotten about it and put it into storage in 1962. Assembled, the skeleton will reach 80 feet in length. - Yahoo! News, 11/13/07
Rolande Geneve planted an oak tree in her garden when she was six years old. Sixty years later, the oak tree toppled over, killing her. - San Diego Union, 11/20/07
A Washington man tried to loosen a stubborn lug nut by shooting it with a 12-gauge shotgun. He succeeded in injuring himself severely in both legs. No word if the lug nut loosened. - MSNBC, 11/12/07
Children who don't get enough sleep may be increasing their risk for obesity. Scientists say that for every hour sleep-length declined, children were 40% more likely to be overweight. - San Diego Union, 11/20/07
In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there are 106 billionaires. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
Passengers aboard a Sri Lankan Airlines flight revolted and refused to let the plane take off when they discovered part of the wing had been sheared off in an accident the prior day. The airline insisted the plane was safe without the wingtip. - Boston Herald, 11/4/07
Mohamed Al-Owhali, serving a life sentence for his part in bombings that killed 224 people, filed a lawsuit complaining that jailers have taken away his Walkman and have given him nothing to read except months-old copies of USA Today with pages missing. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
A Michigan couple was driving in Chelan County, Washington, when a 600 pound cow fell off a cliff and landed on the hood of their minivan. "It's raining cows out here, man!", said Charles Everson. - USA Today, 11/7/07
Costa Rica has no street signs, and many of their streets aren't named. Because of this, 20% of all mail isn't delivered, and the mail that is delivered takes an average of nine days to get to its destination. - Los Angeles Times, 11/5/07
Thousands of Americans have made venomous snakes pets. In 2004, 52 people in America were treated for bites from exotic snakes. Three of those people died. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
The odds are 73 out of 100 (73%) that you (as an American) favor the elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world. - San Diego Union, 11/15/07
City officials in Hanover, Germany, are defending their decision to include an image of an ax-wielding psychopath in this year's advent calendar for children. Fritz "Butcher of Hanover" Haarmann can be seen peeking from behind a tree, brandishing an ax. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
The speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles per second through a vacuum. Going through ordinary window glass, light travels at only 120,000 miles per second. - San Diego Union, 11/15/07
A sack of money - approximately $15,000 - fell out of an armored car in Stony Brook, New York. The bag burst open, money fluttering everywhere. Bystanders chased down the bills, returning all but $128 of the total. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
Lahde Capital, a California Hedge Fund, has made more than 1,000% return this year. It is one of the world's best performing funds of all time. - Dow Jones Financial News, 11/26/07
Palm Beach (Florida) Community College employees can get insurance for their pets, but not their domestic partners. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 11/24/07
New York City is on track (in 2007) to have the lowest number of homicides since they started keeping reliable statistics. What's even more striking is that only 35 of the murders have been determined to be committed by strangers - an amazing statistic. - New York Times, 11/23/07
6% of British homeowners use their credit cards to pay their mortgages, even though the average credit card interest rate is more than double mortgage rates. - Yahoo! News, 11/1/07
A dentist was dancing to a song on the radio ("Car Wash"), when the drill snapped off and lodged near her eye. Brandy Fanning, 31, had to undergo emergency surgery to remove the drill bit. - Chicago Tribune, 11/4/07
There are now 3.3 billion mobile services accounts in existence. This works out to be one for every two human beings on the planet. - Network World, 12/3/07
Boy Scouts in Los Angeles can earn a merit badge for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. - MSNBC.com, 10/20/06
Joe Martins of Cobb County, Georgia got a letter from Wachovia Bank saying that he owed $211 trillion dollars due to a bounced check. - WSB-TV (Atlanta), 11/30/07
The average monthly revenue per mobile services user in Kuwait is $71. The average monthly revenue per mobile services user in Sri Lanka is $2.83. - Network World, 12/3/07
Arno Herwerth, a retired NYC police officer, has been asked to return his vanity license plates because they are "derogatory to a particular ethnic group". His vanity plate said "Get Osama". - FOX News, 11/20/07
Dutch police have charged a teenager with stealing $5,000 worth of virtual furniture in an online video game. - BBC News, 11/14/07
San Francisco, California is now omitting gender from its ID cards to city residents. It'll still include the birthdate, name and a photo, but not the usual "male" or "female" designations. - USAToday, 11/21/07
Disneyland is finding many people are scattering ashes of family members on their favorite rides. Several separate events have been noted - and custodians have been issued special vacuums to remove suspicious debris. - Los Angeles Times, 11/14/07
The Pentagon is demanding that a soldier return part of his recruitment bonus since he didn't finish his commitment. Why didn't Jordan Fox finish his tour of duty? He was injured in a roadside attack in Iraq, losing sight in one eye and suffering back injuries. - CBS News, 11/21/07
A crime wave is hitting India - the perpetrators are monkeys. Two dozen people were injured recently when monkeys rampaged through a New Delhi neighborhood. - India Times, 11/13/07
Yellowstone National Park is rising by about 3 inches every year, due to a massive volcano underneath. - Science News, 11/10/07
A black bear is being sought by New Jersey police on suspicion of stealing a minivan. Police theorize that the bear smelled candy inside the van, smashed the window and then "accidentally released the emergency brake" while foraging inside. The minivan rolled down a hill, with the bear inside. - The Week Magazine, 11/23/07
Breast cancer patients are significantly more likely to have a pet dog instead of a cat. 80% of all breast cancer patients have had "extensive contact" with dogs before their diagnosis. Researchers speculate that dogs (and possibly other pets) harbor viruses that can raise the risk of contracting cancer. - San Diego Union, 11/20/07
Canada's Royal Ontario Museum went hunting for a Barosaurus skeleton to add to its collection. They found it in an unlikely location - the museum itself, hidden in separate boxes for 45 years. The museum's personnel had just forgotten about it and put it into storage in 1962. Assembled, the skeleton will reach 80 feet in length. - Yahoo! News, 11/13/07
Rolande Geneve planted an oak tree in her garden when she was six years old. Sixty years later, the oak tree toppled over, killing her. - San Diego Union, 11/20/07
A Washington man tried to loosen a stubborn lug nut by shooting it with a 12-gauge shotgun. He succeeded in injuring himself severely in both legs. No word if the lug nut loosened. - MSNBC, 11/12/07
Children who don't get enough sleep may be increasing their risk for obesity. Scientists say that for every hour sleep-length declined, children were 40% more likely to be overweight. - San Diego Union, 11/20/07
In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there are 106 billionaires. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
Passengers aboard a Sri Lankan Airlines flight revolted and refused to let the plane take off when they discovered part of the wing had been sheared off in an accident the prior day. The airline insisted the plane was safe without the wingtip. - Boston Herald, 11/4/07
Mohamed Al-Owhali, serving a life sentence for his part in bombings that killed 224 people, filed a lawsuit complaining that jailers have taken away his Walkman and have given him nothing to read except months-old copies of USA Today with pages missing. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
A Michigan couple was driving in Chelan County, Washington, when a 600 pound cow fell off a cliff and landed on the hood of their minivan. "It's raining cows out here, man!", said Charles Everson. - USA Today, 11/7/07
Costa Rica has no street signs, and many of their streets aren't named. Because of this, 20% of all mail isn't delivered, and the mail that is delivered takes an average of nine days to get to its destination. - Los Angeles Times, 11/5/07
Thousands of Americans have made venomous snakes pets. In 2004, 52 people in America were treated for bites from exotic snakes. Three of those people died. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
The odds are 73 out of 100 (73%) that you (as an American) favor the elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world. - San Diego Union, 11/15/07
City officials in Hanover, Germany, are defending their decision to include an image of an ax-wielding psychopath in this year's advent calendar for children. Fritz "Butcher of Hanover" Haarmann can be seen peeking from behind a tree, brandishing an ax. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
The speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles per second through a vacuum. Going through ordinary window glass, light travels at only 120,000 miles per second. - San Diego Union, 11/15/07
A sack of money - approximately $15,000 - fell out of an armored car in Stony Brook, New York. The bag burst open, money fluttering everywhere. Bystanders chased down the bills, returning all but $128 of the total. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
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