Harpo Marx (born Adolph Arthur Marx) got his nickname in a poker game. Although he never really spoke in the talkies, he did have a line in the 1925 silent movie Too Many Kisses.

Need a lobotomy? Your doctor may call it a “leucotomy.”

The plantaris muscle is the one used by animals to grip and manipulate objects with their feet. Humans have this muscle, too.

According to LoveGodsWay.org, the Jonas Brothers, Bob Dylan, P-Diddy, Frank Sinatra, and Toby Keith are among several “gateway” bands that will lead children down the path to homosexuality.

Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy who has some of the world’s oldest tattoos,
died from an arrow wound.

This article appears in January 30 • 2009.

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