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Steve Irwin's body was fed to crocodiles at his request. - The Week Magazine, 8/28/09

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is being sued by four of the world's biggest record companies, accused of using more than 1,000 songs without permission. - The Week Magazine, 9/25/09

The stage for rock supergroup U2's latest tour weighs 340,000 pounds and needs 120 trucks to transport it from city to city. - Rolling Stone, 10/15/09

A Kenyan man offered Hillary Clinton 20 cows and 40 goats for her daughter Chelsea's hand in marriage. - The Week Magazine, 8/21/09

Star of the TV show "Blossom" Mayim Bialik has a Ph.D. in neuroscience. - Parade Magazine, 8/16/09

Charles Manson is asking fellow prison-mate Phil Spector to jump start his singing career. - The Week Magazine, 8/7/09

Actor Sean Connery attributes his happy marriage to the fact that he can't speak French, while his wife speaks very little English. This inability to argue is "what has kept us together all these years", says Connery. - The Week Magazine, 1/16/09

Dane Cook's half-brother was arrested for embezzling over $10,000,000 from the comedian. - The Week Magazine, 1/16/09

Richard Branson has offered US Airways pilot/hero Chesley Sullenberger double his salary if he comes to work for Virgin Air. - The Week Magazine, 2/13/09

President Obama likes it warm in the White House. Advisor David Axelrod says, "You could grow orchids in there." - The Week Magazine, 2/13/09

"Leave It to Beaver" actor Tony Dow has one of his sculptures displayed at the Louvre in Paris. - Los Angeles Times, 11/15/08

Heather Mills has already spent more than $15 million of her $37 divorce settlement (from Paul McCartney) - The Week Magazine, 11/7/08

Mickey Mouse is one of "Satan's soldiers" and must die, says Saudi Arabian cleric Sheikh Muhammad Munajid. Mr. Munajid also condemned the Beijing Olympics as the "bikini olympics". - Daily Telegraph (UK), 9/15/08

Actor Val Kilmer is the choice of current New Mexico governor Bill Richardson to replace him. "I like the idea, Val Kilmer is a New Mexican, he was Batman," said Richardson. - People Magazine, 9/14/08

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have become eligible for $2,600 in monthly child benefits from France. - The Week Magazine, 9/5/08

Mick Jagger turned 65 in 2008 - and now he is eligible for a state pension of $180 per week. - Reuters, 7/25/08

Nobel Prize winner Al Gore ("An Inconvenient Truth") uses 50% more electricity in a month than the average American does in an entire year. - The Week Magazine, 6/27/08

Former Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee may have saved candidate (for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina) Robert Pittenger's life by administering the Heimlich maneuver at the recent North Carolina Republican Party convention. - CNN, 6/8/08

Actor Alan Arkin (Get Smart, Little Miss Sunshine) co-wrote "The Banana Boat Song", made famous by Harry Belafonte. - San Diego Union, 6/21/08

Football greats Peyton and Eli Manning are so close they sometimes share the same bathroom stall. - New York Daily News, 4/13/08

Matthew McConaughey wants to name his son "Bud" in honor of his favorite beer. It must be a family tradition, as McConaughey's older brother Michael named his second son "Miller Lyte". - The Week Magazine, 3/21/08

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giulani spent nearly $60,000,000 on his failed campaign. He won only one delegate. - The Week Magazine, 2/15/08

Ray Bradbury, one of the world's most famous science fiction writers, avoids computers and ATMs. He also claims he has never driven a car. - Discover Magazine, 2/08

Robert Vaughn, TV's The Man From U.N.C.L.E., has a PhD in communications from USC. - Parade Magazine, 1/13/08

The guitarist for the rock group Queen, Brian May, is completing his doctorate in astrophysics. His thesis, "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" will be submitted in late 2007. - San Diego Union, 7/29/07

Matthew McConaughey may be considered the sexiest bachelor in Hollywood, but he has one unmistakable flaw. He reeks. A woman found herself in an elevator with him and later said, "That was the longest elevator ride of my life. It smelled like a boys' locker room." - The Week Magazine, 7/13/07

Actor Rob Lowe, playing in an Iowa celebrity golf tournament, hit and killed a flying goldfinch (Iowa's state bird) with an approach shot to the fourth green at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines. - Contra Costa Times, 6/8/07

Actress Keira Knightley's feet are so ugly she reportedly had a foot double in her latest film. - Boston Globe, 4/9/07

Irving Berlin, who composed "White Christmas" (one of the most beloved holiday songs ever) was Jewish. - North County Times, 12/21/06

Actress Denise Richards became angry with paparazzi and threw their laptop computers from a hotel balcony. The laptops slightly injured two women, ages 81 and 90, in the hotel lobby where they were sitting in their wheelchairs. - MSNBC, 11/10/06

Andy Griffith (not the TV star) is being sued by Andy Griffith (yes, the TV star) for legally changing his name to Andy Griffith. - CNN.com, 11/11/06

Madonna has approached the nuclear industry with a plan to clean up nuclear waste by washing it in a magical Kabbalah fluid. - The Week Magazine, 9/8/06

The first men to walk on the Moon reported seeing a UFO. NASA officials told Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to keep quiet about it. - The Week Magazine, 8/11/06

Nicole Kidman hired every helicopter in Sydney Australia in a bid to keep the paparazzi away from her wedding. - ITN News, 6/5/06

Rosie O’Donnell’s new contract with ABC (for the television show "The View") has one absolute proviso: the former talk show queen cannot cut her hair. - Fox News, 4/29/06

President George W. Bush, when asked what was his best moment in the first five years in office told reporters that "You know, I've experienced many great moments and it's hard to name the best. I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake." - Reuters, 5/7/06

Gilbert Gottfried was recently named the "Unsexiest Man in the World". - MSNBC, 4/18/06

Mariah Carey revealed that she eats nearly all her meals in bed while wearing a bib. - The Week Magazine, 2/17/06

Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof - the daughter of Bob Geldof - has two sisters, Fifi Trixibelle and Pixie. Her half sister is Hiraani Tiger Lily. Peaches now speaks out against celebrities naming their children this way. - Daily Mail, 1/19/06

Enya's latest CD, Amarantine, has three songs performed in a language that she (along with lyricist Roma Ryan) created. The language is called "Loxian". - Sunday Times, 11/27/05

Actor Bruce Willis has offered $1,000,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaida terror leaders. - WNBC TV, 11-15-05

Victor Willis, the original "policeman" in the Village People is a fugitive from the law. An arrest warrant has been issued for him since he did not show at a court hearing for drug possession. - Associated Press, 10/20/05

John Densmore, drummer for the 1960s group the Doors, refuses to allow their music to be sold to commercial interests. Cadillac offered $15,000,000 to use "Break on Through" - which was more than any of the Doors have ever made on anything they've ever done. Densmore refuses to sell as "Jim Morrison's ghost is in my ear". - Los Angeles Times, 10/5/05

At the tender age of 47, Prince has been told by doctors that he needs a hip replacement - the fallout from years of dancing onstage in high-heeled boots. - UK Telegraph, 10/19/05

Microsoft recently matched Bill Gates' $2,469 contribution to his 401(K) account. Bill Gates is worth an estimated $51 billion. - MSNBC, 9/29/05

Franklin Delano Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills in his presidency. Jimmy Carter vetoed 31. Bill Clinton vetoed 38. So far, the current President, George W. Bush, has not vetoed even one bill. - InfoPlease Almanac, 10/8/05

Former First Lady Barbara Bush, after a recent tour of the Houston Astrodome said that many of the 20,000 refugees from Hurricane Katrina seemed to be content to live in a stadium. "So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them." - The Week Magazine, 9/16/05

Russell Crowe is supposedly settling out of court for his phone-throwing incident. The settlement is reported to be between 11 and 15 million dollars. - Sunday Mail 8/14/05

U.S. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld each had a slime-mold beetle named in their honor in early 2005. - Cornell News, 4/13/05

Oprah Winfrey visited a Hermes store in Paris, France just after closing time and was denied entry. - New York Daily News, 6/22/05

The Dalai Lama has a weakness for chocolate chip cookies. - Newsweek, 7/8/05

The Dalai Lama has an air rifle and uses it to scare away hawks. - Reader's Digest, 7/05

Neil Diamond's girlfriend is partially deaf (and cannot hear 70% of what goes on around her). There are only a few frequencies she can tune into. Diamond says, "I'm not sure she can hear any of my music, but she likes me anyway." - ContactMusic.com, 6/10/05

Magician Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) has named his first baby daughter Moxie Crimefighter Jillette. - Associated Press, 6/4/05

Jennifer Lopez says that she would like to be the first female president. She says the first thing she would do is redecorate the White House. - ABC News, 5/3/05

Prince Harry was such a bad student that at least two of his teachers were ordered to do projects for him to assure that he would pass the class. - CBSNews, 10/15/04

Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Aaron Harang took the mound with the front of his jersey reading "Cncinnati." Here's a helpful mnemonic: There's no "I" in"team," but there are three in "Cincinnati." - Sports Illustrated, 4/14/05

Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin Janeal Lee has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand up. - CNN.com, 4/1/05

Arnold Schwarzenegger is so adamant his children do their laundry, he'll reportedly set fire to any of their dirty clothes left lying around. - Sydney Morning Herald, 4/13/05

Martha Stewart became a billionaire when she was serving her time in prison, due to increasing stock prices. - Boston Globe, 3/17/05

Actress Lara Flynn Boyle reportedly stripped off her clothes onboard a Los Angeles British Airways flight to London and attempted to seduce another passenger. - San Francisco Chronicle, 3/11/05

Bono, of the supergroup U2, was seriously being considered to be the president of World Bank. - New York Post, 3/13/05

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