Question #1: Decades after my death, my private parts are still on display in a jar of formaldehyde at the Smithsonian. Who am I?
| • Adolf Hitler |
| • John Dillinger |
| • Clark Gable |
| • Albert Einstein |
| • Milton Berle |
For starters, it's an apocryphal, secondhand story told as true and just plausible enough to be believed...

Triple waterspout threatens a supply ship as Hurricane Lili approaches Louisiana in 2002. . . Real or fake?
| • Adolf Hitler |
| • John Dillinger |
| • Clark Gable |
| • Albert Einstein |
| • Milton Berle |


Among the colorful myths surrounding the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery and its 24-hour-a-day Honor Guard are the claims that the guards' permanent residence is a barracks under the tomb itself and that they're forbidden to drink alcohol, on or off duty, for the rest of their lives.
Colorful, but untrue.
Michigan news sources say an emailed request for Christmas cards on behalf of 5-year-old Noah Biorkman, who is dying of neuroblastoma cancer, is genuine. Noah was diagnosed with the disease in 2007 and is not expected to live till Christmas.
Important update: As of November 13, 2009 Noah Biorkman's parents say they have been overwhelmed with cards and gifts from well-wishers around the world, and they are now asking that people STOP sending them so they can devote their full attention to their sick child.
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