First of all, you probably all heard about this; Six Flags in the U.S. has been giving various prizes to people who eat a "living Madagascar hissing cockroach" (apparently they grow to about 8cm long). Yeah, OK, kinda weird, but the best bit is that animal rights groups have gotten all in a huff about it. (Stupid hippies!)
Secondly, while brainlessly surfing, I found a blog (here) by Pauley Perrette, the girl who plays Abbey on NCIS. Geeky goodness.
Apparently in WWII, the Royal Navy experimented with getting a massive flamethrower mounted on each ship to discourage Luftwaffe dive-bombers in the Battle of Britain. (Wikipedia) They got the flamethrowers working horizontally (leading to the development of the Allied flame-tank). When they got it working vertically, the test pilot didn't deviate from his course, and would have still hit the target. He admitted that he probably knew a lot about the system because he'd been so involved with its development, so the Navy recruited another pilot to try. Further bad luck; he wasn't too scared either, but he revealed afterwards that he had once worked in a circus and was used to coming close to fire. So finally, and here's the quote from Wikipedia:
"In the belief that the Luftwaffe would have very few men with circus experience, limited production of the Lagonda naval flamethrower began,"
And finally, Robin William's been given a new job, he's starring in a film called Man of the Year (Official Site with Trailer) about a comedian famous for reporting on a satirical news show who then decides to run for President (and accidentally gets in). It actually looks pretty good, but there's the added layer which is revealed by this site.
So, until next time, have fun!
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