According to Prudie in The Slate, actor Charles Bronson was dressed as a little girl until he was past the age of 3.

Automobile accidents kill 117 Americans a day, or nearly 43,000 a year. Flu and pneumonia kill 36,000 people, guns kill 26,000, and in fourth place are food-borne illness at 5,000.

Bread-baking courses are getting popular with men. If you’re looking for a secret ingredient, try a little kosher salt.

The Congressional Budget Office figures the war in Iraq is costing about $2,000 per second.

According to one eyewitness, a manager at the Starplex movie theatre in Waco recently had to deal with two women who had just seen Monster and wanted their money back. Reason they were upset: They knew it was about a prostitute who murdered truckers, but didn’t know the character would turn out to be a lesbian.

This article appears in April 9 • 2004.

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