Coprophagia is the act of eating feces. Some try to help their pets kick the habit by putting hot sauce on the turds.

During the late 1800s, planchettes – triangle or heart-shaped boards set on casters – were widely sold as novelty items. In 1891, businessmen Elijah Bond and Charles Kennard received U.S. Patent 446,054 for the Ouija board.

During the 1927 season, Babe Ruth routinely rubbed the back of the Yankees’ bat boy, Eddie Bennett, who has a hunchback. That year, Ruth hit a record 60 home runs. The expression “playing a hunch” derives from the superstition of touching a person with a hunchback for luck.

Every year, pet cats and dogs cause 87,000 accidental fall injuries in the U.S.

The telephone number for the Iranian Intelligence Ministry hotline is 113.

This article appears in July 10 • 2009.

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