Some tribal chieftains in Papua New Guinea walk around with big sticks affixed with large squirrel-like creatures at the end.

There is no such thing as a mahogany tree.

Ghandi frequently slept between two 12-year-old virgins, not to have sex with them, but to restore the flow of feminine energy into his own body. The concept of this is also illustrated by the yin and yang.

In the first move toward phasing out part of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-California) “Green the Capitol” program, polystyrene cups were reintroduced recently as an option for coffee drinkers in the Capitol Carry-Out, the building’s minicafeteria.

There are 62 Lego bricks for every human on Earth.

This article appears in March 18 • 2011.

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