Derek Jeter is a Crappy a Shortshop (or was between 2002-2005)

A new scientific breakdown of statistics shows that Derek Jeter was one of the 10 worst fielders using data from the 2002-2005 seasons. Ironically A-Rod was one of the best shortstops when he played with the Rangers.

Lloyd, Robin. "New Baseball Study Reveals Surprises." Livescience.Com. 16 Feb. 2008. 19 Feb. 2008 http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080216-baseball-stats.html

Kentucky Bend

Kentucky is the only state that has a part of it that can't be reached from Kentucky. It's the "Kentucky Bend" and was created when the Great New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 changed the course of the Mississippi river. And because of some wacky border laws.

"Kentucky Bend Map." 19 Feb. 2008 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/178-the-kentucky-bend-or-bubbleland-not-far-from-monkeys-eyebrow/

Monastersky, Richard. "The Great American Quakes." Science News 149 (1996): 362. 19 Feb. 2008 http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/pdfs/data/1996/149-23/14923-10.pdf

and some more...
http://archive.showmenews.com/2002/Aug/20020804Feat006.asp
http://hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/
http://geology.com/state-map/kentucky.shtml

The Electric Tux

One day in the not so distance future, you may be able to charge your cell phone by plugging into your suit, made out of nano-fiber yarn that produces it's own electricity.

Sanderson, Katherine. "Nature News." Nature.Com. 13 Feb. 2008. Nature Publishing Group. 15 Feb. 2008 . http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080213/full/news.2008.572.html

Gas prices

Gas is more expensive now that ever, but adjusted for inflation the cheapest gas prices we saw were in 1995 ($1.28 per gallon) and as recently as 2003 ($1.31 per gallon)

United States. Department of Energy. Retail Gasoline Historical Prices. 11 Feb. 2008. 15 Feb. 2008 . http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_history.html

Grabianowski, Ed. "How Stuff Works "How Gas Prices Work"" How Stuff Works. 2007. 15 Feb. 2008 . http://auto.howstuffworks.com/gas-price.htm

The Island Universe

"Eventually all evidence of the Hubble expansion will disappear, so that observers in our “island universe” will be fundamentally incapable of determining the true nature of the universe, including the existence of the highly dominant vacuum energy, the existence of the CMB, and the primordial origin of light elements."

Basically, any new intelligent species would never be able to determine if there was anything else out there without knowledge gained from prior species.

Krauss, Lawrence M., and Robert J. Sherrer. "The Return of a Static Universe and the End of Cosmology." General Relativity and Gravitation ns 39 (2007): 1545-1550. SpringerLink. Deptford, NJ. 15 Feb. 2008.

Four names for the "Mountain Lion"

There are only four names for the Mountain Lion, also known as the Cougar, Panther, or Puma. Not five as some have suspected.

"San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes." San Diego Zoo. 2008. San Deigo Zoo. 15 Feb. 2008 .
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-puma.htm

The other "Cougar" has a variety of other nicknames that can be found here...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cougar

10,000 years ago, there were no blue-eyed humans

Bryner, Jeanna. "Blue Eyes Linked to One Common Ancestor." LiveScience. 14 Feb. 2008 .
www.livescience.com/health/080131-blue-eyes.html