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All of the information about to be read is REAL!!!  All of it.  It all comes from crediable sources, so believe it or not, it's ALL true.

 

Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.  - Evan Davis

New York, NY - Fortune cookies with XXX-rated messages were mistakenly served at a political fundraising dinner.  (As if it's not anything they haven't heard before.  Atleast it wasn't at a religious fundraising dinner.)

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Airport baggage screeners found a human head (supposedly intended for voodoo purposes) in some luggage. (Don't people know that's a carry on item?)

The busiest airport in the world is now the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with 980,197 takeoffs and landings a year.

Syracuse, NY - A 6 year old girl found 20 bags of marijuana stashed in her cubby at school. (Must have been her pay for getting all her homework done.  See below to truelly understand)

Jimmy Carter was the first US President born in a hospital

Redding, CA - A 62 year old woman gave birth to her 12th child, a 6 pound boy.

Salt Lake City, UT - A judge with three wives was removed from his duties by the Utah Supreme Court. (Someone's been watching a little to much 'Big Love')

There is a banyan tree in Calcutta that has a circumference of almost a quarter of a mile.

One quart of liquor equals 32 shots.  You shouldn't be doing either amount.

France was the first country to allow all male citizens to vote, but did not allow women to vote until 1945.

Nicosia, Cyprus - A pakistani man was caught using a forged passport because it was filled with typos

Detroit, MI - A 12-year-old boy stuck a wad of chewing gum on a $1.5 million painting at the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

The Google search engine is avaible in the Klingon language

The average lifespan of a major league baseball is only seven pitches

The scientific name for the miffle finger is medius

Coshocton, OH - A man was accused of making over 2,623 obscene phone calls in 20 days.

Sao Paulo, Brazil - There is a new radio station in the Brazilian city of Salvador that is staffed and geared for prostitutes.

Los Angles, CA - A couple were sentenced for yanking a gold necklace off a 5-year-old girl's neck in order to seel it for drugs

There were only 8 Crayola crayon colours available when introduced in 1903

Rotterdam, NY - A man stole a gumball machine from the lobby of a police station.

The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly.  It is simply indifferent.  - John Haynes Holmes

Hanover, PA - A mother has been accused of offering marijuana to her 13-year-old son as a reward for completeing his homework.

Chicago, IL - A marriage counselor is being sued because he allegedly had an affair with the wife durin the couple's therapy.

Common sense is as rare as genius. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bhubaneswar, India - A four-year-old boy in India ran 40 miles straight in seven hours, while his coach is being accused of abuse.

Queen Elizabeth II sends telegrams to those citizens in the Commonwealth who have reached 100 years of age.

San Francisco, CA - Two robbery suspects used a limousine as their getaway car.

To move a single stone at Stonehenge from a quarry to present location may have taken anywhere between 200 and 1000 men.

Freetown, Sierra Leone - Twenty chimpanzees escaped from a wildlife sanctuary and attacked and killed a man.  (See what happens when the chimps don't get their snack on time?)

Which US city had the first subway system - New York, Chicago, or Boston.   (Answer: Chicago - 1892)

Huntinton, NY - A man went out in his yard to get his morning paper and was swallowed up by a cesspool.

Berlin, Germany - A man flushed $18,000 worth of German marks down the toilet because he thought they weren't worth anything.

Oakland, CA - A carpenter was arrested for working on-site in the nude.

Liquid Paper correction fluid was originally called Mistake Out

San Antonio, TX - Police have arrested a 76-year-old woman for producing and selling herion. (So next time you need a fix, check with grandma first)

Leman - A mistress (For my lovely sister, ERIN)

Osasco, Brazil - A security guard at a bank accidentally shot himself in the leg, alarming customer who thought it was a robbery.

Santa Ana, CA - While rummaging through trash, a homeless man found $900 inside a walled.  He promptly returned everything to its owner.

Jimmy Carter's Secret Service code was Deacon

Vreden, Germany - A man who was hiding from the police was "ratted out" by his law-abiding three-year-old daughter.

Los Anglese, CA - Police ticketed an 82-year-old woman because she took too long to cross a street intersection.

Berlin, Germany - A German man is suing the Easter Bunny for bodily harm by causing addiction to chocolate.

There are 8 different vegetable juices in V-8: beet, carrot, celery, lettuce, parsley, spinach, tomato, and watercress.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - A man received a phone bill for $218 trillion, which he had 10 days to pay or face arrest.

George Steinbrenner paid only $10 million for the New York Yankees franchise in 1973.

New Delhi, India - A groupe in India is protesting a textbook that unfavorably compares housewives to donkeys.

The current land speed record for an automobile is set at 763 miles per hour.

Brethren, MI - A couple who share a love of fishing had their wedding on a boat dock, outfitted in fly fishing gear.

Lago, Nigeria - Soccer referees in Nigeria have been authorised to accept bribes, as long as it doesn't influence their rulings.

Liberty, MO - A church youth minister was charged with assault for attacking a 16-year-old boy during a bodge ball game.

Hall fo Fame baseball pitcher Jim Palmer never gave up a grand slam home run in his entire career.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The Malaysian government has opened a series of drive-in massage parlors to offset driver stress and accidents.

You seen 'http' before every Web site address.  What does it stand for?  (Answer: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)

Saugus, CA - A 78-year-old woman was mistakenly asked to join the U.S. Marine Corps.

New York, NY - US employers lose up to 3.8 million dollars in employee productivity during the NCAA's March Madness.

Tulsa, OK - Police arrested a man after he left his toddler alone in a car while he visited a strip club.

Fairfax, VA - A special education teacher was arrested for giving marijuana to a high school student.

A commonly used pseudonym in theater is George Spelvin, for those who don't want their real name in the credits.

Rome, Italy - Police trailed an out-of-control car and discovered a drunken couple, 70 and 59 years old, trying to have sex.

Roanoke, VA - A pregnant teen waitress was given a $1,000 tip bya customer who had bought a $26.35 meal.