AS A MATTER OF FACT...

1. San Francisco, California is now omitting gender from its ID cards to city residents. It'll still include the birthdate, name and a photo, but not the usual "male" or "female" designations. - USAToday, 11/21/07
2. Dutch police have charged a teenager with stealing $5,000 worth of virtual furniture in an online video game. - BBC News, 11/14/07
3. Disneyland is finding many people are scattering ashes of family members on their favorite rides. Several separate events have been noted - and custodians have been issued special vacuums to remove suspicious debris. - Los Angeles Times, 11/14/07
4. In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there are 106 billionaires. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
5. A sack of money - approximately $15,000 - fell out of an armored car in Stony Brook, New York. The bag burst open, money fluttering everywhere. Bystanders chased down the bills, returning all but $128 of the total. - The Week Magazine, 11/16/07
6. Breast cancer patients are significantly more likely to have a pet dog instead of a cat. 80% of all breast cancer patients have had "extensive contact" with dogs before their diagnosis. Researchers speculate that dogs (and possibly other pets) harbor viruses that can raise the risk of contracting cancer. - San Diego Union, 11/20/07
7. There are now 3.3 billion mobile services accounts in existence. This works out to be one for every two human beings on the planet. - Network World, 12/3/07
8. Gold is almost indestructible, and has always been highly valued throughout history, so humans have always recycled it. 85% of all gold ever found is still in use today. - Discover Magazine, 12/07
9. The world's oldest crow is 118 years (estimated age). - San Diego Union, 4/19/07
10. A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than one gallon on water. - San Diego Union, 10/12/06
11. The amount of heat generated by an average adult each day could boil eight gallons of water. - San Diego Union, 6/7/07
12. Only ten percent of the 100,000,000,000,000 cells inside each one of us are human. The rest are bacteria, fungi, and other microbes. - Discover Magazine, 6/07
13. Your two nostrils register smell in different ways. The right nostril detects more pleasant odors, while the left nostril is more accurate. - San Diego Union, 11/6/07
14. The United States imported $5,300,000 worth of American flags manufactured in other countries in 2006. - The Week Magazine, 7/20/07
15. KFC will soon promote its new $2.99 lunches by pumping the smell of its fried chicken into workplaces. The chicken odors will come from the carts used to deliver mail throughout office buildings. - The Week Magazine, 9/14/07

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