Pimps wear lots of gold jewelry bought at pawn shops to “re-pawn” for bail money since cash is confiscated upon arrest but jewelry is not.
A 90 year old woman locked a police officer in her basement for searching her house without a warrant. She then sued the city and received a $95,000 settlement.
Norway has $850bn cash reserves, largely from oil, and chooses to invest rather than spending it
Ants do not have traffic jams because they don’t have egos, don’t mind collisions, and are very disciplined in crowded pathways
Steven Bradbury won a gold medal in 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in speed skating, because everyone in front of him crashed. 3 races in a row.
1922 - Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris
1934 - Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria
1942 - Japanese invade Burma
1981 - Islander Glenn Resch's 25th and last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
1985 - Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27°F (-33°C) in Chicago)
1991 - "Black and Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 829 performances
1925 - E Cardenal, writer
1947 - George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
1948 - Nancy Kress, American writer
1950 - Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger
1967 - Joe Pasquale, rocker (Prey)
1972 - Alcides Catanho, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1727 - John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies
1850 - Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
1901 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (b. 1826)
1940 - Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)
1995 - Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86
2012 - John F Baker Jnr, United States Army Master Sergeant and Medal of Honour recipient dies at 66
