According to some, the name “pho” (as in, Vietnamese soup) originates from the French dish pot-au-feu (beef stew).

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

According to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2010’s death toll due to natural disasters is abnormally high at 200,000.

The Village People insist on being photographed only in costume.

The Centers for Disease Control claim that 69% of all cocaine seized at U.S. borders contains levamisole, a drug that used to be given to colon cancer patients and is also widely used to deworm cattle. Levamisole also causes a severe weakening of immune function. The average concentration was near 10%.

This article appears in March 19 • 2010.

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