Quirks
1913 Liberty Head Nickel Sells For $3.1 Million
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., (UPI) – A 1913 Liberty Head nickel sold for $3.17 million at auction in Illinois Thursday, with a buyer calling it “one of the greatest coins at that price range.” The coin, one of five known to exist, had been stored away for 41 years because its owner had been told, erroneously as […]
Principal Said Kids Would Be Forced To Eat Meat
SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France, (UPI) – A French elementary school principal has backed off earlier statements saying children would not be able to abstain from eating meat “for religious reasons.” The principal of Jules-Ferry de Bondy primary school in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis sent a letter to parents recently saying students would be compelled to eat […]
Bill Clinton Officially Joins Twitter
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – Former President Bill Clinton has joined Twitter with the handle @billclinton and already has more than 200,000 followers. Clinton, who made his first Twitter post on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” when host Stephen Colbert opened up an account for him under the name @prezbillyjeff, joined Twitter officially with the user name […]
Hip-Hop Artist Rev. Run: Get Screened For Diabetes
DETROIT, (UPI) – East Coast hip-hop artist Rev. Run of the group Run-D.M.C. says it’s critical for Americans to be screened for diabetes because knowledge is power. “If you don’t get screened, you don’t know. What you don’t know, you cannot fix,” he told The Detroit News before appearing at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple church […]
Neil Diamond To Donate ‘Sweet Caroline’ Royalties
BOSTON, (UPI) – Neil Diamond says he will donate the royalties from this week’s soaring sales of his song “Sweet Caroline” to a Boston Marathon bombing victims fund. “Donating these royalties to #OneFund! RT “@Nielsen_Ent: ‘Sweet Caroline’ sales up by 597 percent, selling 19K after Boston bombings,” the 72-year-old singer-songwriter said on Twitter. The soft-rock […]
Firefighters’ Lawsuit Alleges Hearing Damage From Sirens
PITTSBURGH, (UPI) – A lawsuit filed by four Pittsburgh firefighters alleges they suffered permanent hearing loss due to the volume of truck sirens. Ralph Bilski, Jeremiah Dengler and Roger Maher III, who have been Pittsburgh firefighters since at least 1981, and Mark Godlewski, who joined the department in 2000, filed a lawsuit against several manufacturers […]
Alexandria, Virginia, Dubbed Most Well-Read City By Amazon.com
ALEXANDRIA, Va., (UPI) – Online store Amazon.com said Alexandria, Va., topped its annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America. The website said its third annual list, compiled using sales of both print and Kindle editions of all books, magazines and newspapers per capita in cities with a population of more than 100,000 since […]
McDonald’s Burger Survives 14 Years Without Deteriorating
ST. GEORGE, Utah, (UPI) – A Utah man said a McDonald’s burger he bought to use as a demonstration item in 1999 has shown few signs of aging in 14 years. David Whipple of St. George said he bought the hamburger — topped with a pickle, mustard and ketchup — July 7, 1999, at a […]
Man With Sword Comes To Neighbor’s Aid
SALT LAKE CITY, (UPI) – A Salt Lake City woman being assaulted by a co-worker was rescued by a group of neighbors, including one wielding a sword. Police Lt. Justin Hoyal said the 35-year-old woman was leaving her home just after 7 a.m. Tuesday when she was attacked by a 38-year-old man against whom she […]
Volunteers Sought For One-Way Trip To Mars
NEW YORK, (UPI) – A Dutch non-profit called the Mars One Foundation announced in New York it is taking applications for volunteers willing to take a one-way trip to Mars. The foundation announced at a New York news conference it is planning to send the first group of humans to Mars in 2022, with an […]
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