Does it hurt to get bitten by a rattlesnake?
Bill Wheeler, 73, of Pennsylvania has been bitten 22 times, with no lasting effects. The former president of the Keystone Reptile Club told a writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer: "Ever been kicked in the testicles? That's what (the pain) feels like - only it won't go away for days."
As reported in The Globe & Mail
How hot does it get in Death Valley?
"It's so hot," says the Orange County Register, "that the mechanic at the Furnace Creek Standard station, before crawling under a car to repair a blown muffler, lays down four blankets and immerses his tools in a bucket of water. With ground temperatures topping 160 degrees (70 C), a wrench on the asphalt is too hot to pick up, even in the shade."
As reported in The Globe & Mail
In the days when the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency developed plans for such things as trying to kill Castro with a poisoned wet suit, it also experimented with high-tech notions such as wiring a cat with microphones and an antenna for use as a mobile eavesdropping unit. In a field test, the cat was run over by a taxi.
The New York Times
An estimated one person in 2,000 has perfect pitch and realizes that, for instance, toilets flush in E-flat.
As reported in the San Francisco Examiner