Cardiff Giant

On the 140th anniversary of this "charming" Central New York hoax. Also details the misappropriation of famous quote to P.T. Barnum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant

Two for Thursday Lists

Here are a pair of crazy lists I've found in the last few days. Also, I've learned seeing a doppelgänger is a bad omen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_doppelgängers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executioners