Vegetarian actors:
“I’m not a vegetarian because I love animals,” says A. Whitney Brown. “I’m a vegetarian because I hate plants.”
Famous atheists:
“One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed in it,” wrote Mark Twain. “They have also believed the world was flat.”
Actual questions asked in Microsoft job interviews:
At the end they ask, “What was the hardest question asked of you today?” My answer: “Why do you want to work at Microsoft?”
Cranberries bounce.
Most popular U.S. pet names, according to the ASPCA:
Famous left-handed people:
“Mantle can hit just as good right-handed as he can left-handed,” said Yogi Berra. “He’s just naturally amphibious.”
Asteroids named after fictional characters:
Strangely, 2309 Mr. Spock caused an uproar when the asteroid’s discoverer, James Gibson, revealed that he’d actually named it after his cat (he called the cat Spock because it was “imperturbable, logical, intelligent, and had pointed ears”). The International Astronomical Union officially discouraged any more pet animal names, but people are still fine — asteroids have been named after Carlos Santana, Mister Rogers, all four Beatles and all six members of Monty Python.
The 10 oldest currently registered dot-com domains:
Famous teetotalers:
Robert Benchley wrote, “Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it’s compounding a felony.”
Clowns avoid blue face paint — they consider it bad luck.