David Hasselhoff’s character on The Young and the Restless was named Snapper Foster.

In China, GMC’s Hummer is called the “Hanma” or
“fierce horse.” It costs a Chinese person about $220,000.

According to New York Times columnist David Brooks, 20% of Americans are frequent lotto players, spending about $60 billion a year. A household with income less than $13,000 spends an average of $645 a year on lottery tickets.

Jimmy Hoffa has been missing since July 30, 1975.

The world’s oldest joke, traced back to the Sumerians in 1900BC, goes: “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.”

This article appears in August 8 • 2008.

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