The Next Installment of Useless Information…
• Russian president Vladimir Putin is distantly related to Pope John Paul II on his father's side.
• The most commonly ordered dish at Chinese restaurants is Beef with Broccoli.
• Although no major league baseball team has gone to the World Series after starting with an 0-6 record, the 1923 New York Giants won after having a 15 game losing streak in July of that year.
• Researchers at Apple estimate that there will be more iPods than radios in the average household by 2010.
• Richard Page of Mr. Mister fame once bet a friend that he could write a song in under 30 minutes. The resulting song, "I'll Remember", went on to be nominated for a Grammy.
• Over 90 percent of mp3 devices sold between 2005 and 2007 still have the demonstration music, video and image files on their hard drive.
• More admirals have played the US Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Golf course in Colorado Springs than generals.
• The average number of points scored in the first screen of BrickBreaker, as played on a BlackBerry 8300, is 224.502
• Texas longhorn bulls have lowest ratio of semen production to testical weight among all quadripeds.
• Any randomly-chosen spot on the island of Manhattan has a 50 percent chance of being within 246.3 yards of a jackhammer.
Charlie Bit Me
Penis Stealing Witches at it Again
Thirteen suspected sorcers have been arrested in Congo because they are accused of using black magic to steal or shrink the penises. The wave of penis thefts apparently started after widespread panic and several attempted lynchings in the area connected with the witchcraft.
As I previously reported in a post I had quite a lot of fun with , penis theft is not uncommon in some parts of Africa.
Last week in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, rumors of penis theft started to spread and callers to radio talk shows warned listeners to beware of passengers who wear gold rings on public transportation.
The witches apparently just touch their victims to "steal" their penises, making them shrink, become impotent or vanish. Then the extortion begins, with the penis thieves promising a cure for the right price.
A decade ago in Ghana, twelve suspected penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs. To prevent the outbreak of that kind of violence, all of the suspects and victims in Congo have been taken into custody.
The British and the Irish
From a transcript of an actual radio conversation between the British and the Irish off the coast of Kerry, October 1998. Radio conversation released by Chief of Naval Operations 10 Oct 2001and printed in Irelands Issues Mar. 19th 2008.
IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid collision.
BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid collision.
IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees South to avoid collision.
BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British navy ship. I say again divert YOUR course.
IRISH : Negative. I say again. You will have to divert YOUR course.
BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA! THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.
IRISH: We are a lighthouse – your call.
(Note: I’m filing this under jokes because it is one of those things that while funny, is not “absolutely true” )
Spider Invasion Closes Hospital
Some patients who were being treated in a small hospital in Sydney, Australia probably weren't resting too well after they found out the place was infested by poisonous spiders. The Baralaba Multi Purpose Health Service was recently closed for 24 hours so that the whole place could be fumigated to kill the spiders and their eggs.
Large numbers of redback spiders had been found in the main part of the hospital. Several patients had to be moved to other hospitals while the building was being treated for the spider infestation. Nurse!
Redback spiders are common in Australia. When they bite, it is painful and toxic but there is an anti-venom available. Health officials said that the warm weather had caused more baby redback spiders to hatch than normal. How they got into the hospital is anyone's guess.
A Stunt or a Mass Murderer? NSFW Video
This video will not likely be available for long. Trashman’s original account has been suspended but someone else has now posted the video.
This man claims to have infected thousands of girls with HIV through unprotected sex and says he does it on purpose and will continue to spread the AIDs virus as long as he is alive.
I don’t know if this video was made as part of an AIDs awareness project, if this guy is just a nut or if he’s a dangerous criminal. Watch the video and then tell me what you think.
I’m labeling this video NSFW due to to language.
Are Homemade Fireworks A Good Idea?
I think I can tell you that homemade fireworks really aren't that great of an idea. However, I might not be very convincing because I have no experience in this area. We could probably ask an Ohio man or his neighbors or the detectives that arrived at his home after the explosion for a more definitive answer.
The explosion blew out the windows of the home, ripped the kitchen cabinets off of the walls and turned the fridge on its side. Neighbors say that it was extremely loud and they also felt the explosion. They were all evacuated as a precaution.
The man was not a terrorist or anything. He wasn't making a bomb. He simply was testing some homemade fireworks – IN HIS HOUSE – when something went wrong and he pretty much blew up the house. His mother was home at the time and wasn't hurt in the explosion.
The dumbass man wasn't hurt in the blast either, but he was arrested and taken into custody when police got there.
I Love Peanut M&Ms
It looks like I'm not alone in my love of peanut M&Ms. Police in Sheboygan, Wisconsin are looking for another M&M lover because he tried to steal a giant one from a grocery store.
The man went into a Pick 'N Save store on Saturday afternoon and picked up a three-foot-tall statue of a yellow peanut M&M and left the store with it. An employee saw him leave the store with the giant M&M and followed him. The guy had put the M&M in the back seat of the car when the employee confronted him.
The M&M thief offered to pay $5 for the statue, but the employee wasn't cooperative and just grabbed it out of the back of the man's car. So the guy left without the coveted giant M&M, which the store says is worth about $50, but is not for sale.
Obama Flips off Hillary
Ok.. do you think he was just scratching his face? 
) I think it was way too intentional and he absolutely did give her the finger. I’ve never seen a more subtle yet purposeful flip off in my life.
So now, with the Obama flip off, I’m sure the gloves come off. The remainder of the Obama -- Hillary battle should be fun.
A Bad Drug Experiment
A man from San Rafael, California claims that he was part of a secret government experiment involving lots of drugs and ramming his car into others out on the road. He now faces felony charges.
The man was arrested after crashing his car into three others on the highway. He told the officer that his car could fly if he went fast enough. He was charged with DUI with injuries, reckless driving and hit and run with injuries.
Police say the guy was under the influence of cocaine, Valium and marijuana. The man claimed that it was all a top secret government experiment that he took part in with his doctor "for Area 51 and the government."
