Illustration by H. Arthur

· A male goat that has been neutered is called a wether.

· The TV show "Dallas" was originally named "Houston."

· After a severe car accident in 1961, Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, did all of his work laying flat on his back, with a microphone over his bed.

· The human brain is 74 percent water.

· The fingernails on the hand you favor will grow faster than the other hand. Your middle fingernail will always grow quickest.

· In the spring of 2000, a 25-year-old Tehran transsexual wanted to reverse her surgery and become a man again because men were treated better in Iran.

· In 1980 the Yellow Pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home under "Frozen Foods."

· Seventy-nine percent of pet owners in the U.S. give their pets a holiday or birthday presents.

· The most requested photo from the National Archives is a shot of Elvis shaking hands and offering his services as a drug-enforcement agent to Nixon.

· "Yesterday," by the Beatles, is the world's most recorded song.