Shemp of the Three Stooges was afraid of cars and airplanes. He remembered his lines better than Curly.

The second song to ever to be broadcast on radio was
“O Holy Night” on Christmas Eve, 1906.

Together, Carlos Slim Helú, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Mukesh Ambani (the world’s four richest citizens) control more wealth than the world’s poorest 57 countries.

According to Dr. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, most people’s bathrooms are cleaner than their kitchens.

House Bill 81 from the 82nd Texas Legislature (2011) and House Bill 81 from the 81st Texas Legislature (2009) are the same bill filed by the same legislator. The proposed law has to do with using public funds to print some public documents in a language other than English.

This article appears in January 14 • 2011.

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