. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT EDITION Unless used for breeding purposes, female ferrets will go into extended heat and — without medical intervention — can die of aplastic anemia if they do not mate . , flicker photo credit:...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US EDITION Immediately following the end of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee sent his request for pardon and oath of allegiance to President Andrew Johnson, but due to a clerical error it was never officially addressed or accepted; as a result, Lee’s right to vote was revoked and not officially restored until...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron HOLD THE ANCHOVIES EDITION Citizens of the United States eat approximately eighteen acres of pizza combined every 24 hours. . flickr.com photo credit: indi...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “ET TU, BRUTE” EDITION The Ides of March are celebrated every year by the Rome Hash House Harriers with a toga run through the streets of Rome. . flickr.com photo credit: Matt...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron EIGHT BALL IN THE CORNER POCKET EDITION Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, included a billiard room, which was illegal in Virginia at the time. . flickr.com photo credit:...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron I WOULD GLADLY PAY YOU TUESDAY FOR A HAMBURGER TODAY EDITION The last time the U.S. national consumer debt equaled the nation’s gross national product was in 1929 (i.e. immediately prior to the stock market...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron HALLMARK EDITION 72% of Americans sign their pet’s name when sending out greeting cards. . flickr.com photo credit: Randy Son of...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron WONDERS FROM DOWN UNDER EDITION The only two people to win posthumous Academy Awards for acting (Peter Finch for Best Actor in NETWORK and Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor in THE DARK KNIGHT) happen to both be...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron FRIDAY THE 13TH EDITION Of the 183 Friday the 13th’s since 1900, the average market return on these days has been a gain of 0.04%, with positive returns 58.5% of the time – which is better than the annual average return for each individual day of the week, including all Fridays. . flickr.com photo credit: Erik...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron STILL I RISE EDITION The average price for consumer goods rose one tenth of 1% over the past year, while the average price for a movie ticket rose approximately 4%. . flickr.com photo credit: Raymond...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “REDLIGHT, GREENLIGHT” EDITION Each motorist will spend an average of 6 months over the course of his or her lifetime waiting at redlights. . flickr.com photo credit:...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron 2009: A SPACE ODYSSEY EDITION The relative size of the dwarf planet Eris is larger than that of Pluto, reclassified as a dwarf planet (instead of a planet) in...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO BE A PEPPER, TOO? EDITION One red bell pepper contains the Vitamin C equivalent of three oranges. . flickr.com photo credit: Martin...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron THREE-CARD MONTY EDITION A standard deck of cards contains a total of 87 diamonds and 42 individual...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron DEAD PRESIDENTS EDITION John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding were the only United States presidents to be survived by their...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron SPECIAL RUFFLES & FLOURISHES EDITION Without counting death, each outgoing president has attended the inauguration of his successor with only four exceptions: John Adams for Jefferson’s inauguration; John Quincy Adams for Andrew Jackson’s; Andrew Johnson for Ulysses S. Grant’s; and Richard Nixon for Gerald Ford’s. . flickr.com photo credit: Shawndra and...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron YEA FOR EVOLUTION EDITION Gorilla DNA is 98-99% identical to that of humans. . flickr.com photo credit: Bart...

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW EDITION Americans throw away an estimated 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. . flickr.com photo credit:...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron HAPPY NEW YEAR, KOREA! EDITION The lyrics of Korea’s national anthem were originally sung to the tune of Auld Lang...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron SERIOUSLY — DON’T LET IT SNOW EDITION The average cost for the city of Chicago to remove a single inch of snow from its roads is approximately...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron UM… HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS EDITION Scholars now have evidence that questions the notion that Jesus was born in December. . Flickr.com Christmas Card Image: Karen...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron HOW I LEARNED TO HATE THE BOMB EDITION Every nation which has been able to build a viable atomic bomb has successfully detonated it on the first attempt. . Photo Credit:...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “REVERSAL OF FORTUNE” EDITION The first husband of Martha “Sunny” von Bülow, Prince Alfred von Auersperg, went into a similar irreversible coma as a result of an automobile accident in Austria in...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “TO HAVE & TO HOLD” EDITION In the recent NEWSWEEK poll, 55% of respondents said that married heterosexuals who have sex with someone other than their spouses are more morally objectionable than a gay couple in a committed sexual relationship. . Grooms Wedding Topper: tula...

A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “BAH, HUMBUG” EDITION According to the county code of Montgomery County, Maryland, it is illegal to sell a Christmas tree before December 5th. Photo Credit:...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “PASS THE PEPTO” EDITION According to news coverage during the Macy’s parade, over 675 million pounds of turkey are consumed each Thanksgiving. . Photo Credit: Phil...

0p;1q`. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron PRE-APPROVED EDITION According to NPR, due to the recent credit crisis 500 million fewer credit card pre-approval notices were sent out during the past year. . Photo Credit: Paul...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron SPANISH TURKEY EDITION The first recorded Thanksgiving took place on September 8, 1565, when 600 Spanish settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what is now St. Augustine, Florida, and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World. . Today Current Mood Photo Credit: Mark...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron HAVE FUN WITH YOUR LOVED ONES THIS THANKSGIVING! EDITION An estimated 95% of all violent crimes, including murders, are perpetrated by either members of the victim’s family or someone known to them. . Photo Credit: Robert Nagle/flickr.com . Today’s Current Mood Photo: Kalimba...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron ECONOMIC CRISIS OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS EDITION In Aramaic (the language Jesus spoke), the word for “debt” is the same as the word for “sin.” . Photo Credit:  Sylvia Beth Yakub Today’s Current Mood Photo: Robin...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron JONESTOWN MASSACRE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION On November 18, 1978, over 900 members of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana committed what their leader, the Reverend Jim Jones, termed “an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world.” The members of Peoples Temple – coming from all over the United States and all walks of life – had been lead by Jones from Redwood Valley, California to San Francisco, and from there to the remote jungles of Guyana in search of a better life and a utopian society.  When objecting family members convinced San Francisco Representative Leo Ryan to visit the settlement, he did so and was impressed by the group’s accomplishments. But when people began requesting to leave Jonestown, things quickly unraveled for Jones and his followers.  Ryan was attacked at knife point, and he and his entourage left with approximately two dozen Peoples Temple members accompanying him.  Jones, betrayed, ordered the congressman and the deserters killed.  A shootout at an airstrip seven miles away resulted in Ryan’s death, as well as that of several NBC news staff and a deserting Temple member.  When reports of the massacre at the airstrip were confirmed, Jones then induced his followers to kill themselves. Initial news reports were sketchy due to the remote location and lack of adequate local broadcasting technology, and almost exclusively focused on the assault and murder of Ryan’s party.  It was only days later that the bodies were discovered at Jonestown, seven miles from the airstrip.  Early estimates of the dead were low, but mistaken – in some places the bodies piled as high as five deep. Since then, the phrase “drank the Kool-Aid” has become part of the American lexicon. ...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “OH, NO! HERE COME THE VILLAGERS!” EDITION Universal’s 1931 version of Frankenstein was banned in Kansas upon its original release on the grounds that it exhibited “cruelty and tended to debase morals.” . Awesome Lego Work and Photo Credit: Andrew...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP EDITION Standard mousetraps will catch mice withing 24-48 hours of being set out and have a lethality rate of...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron ONCE YOU POP, YOU JUST CAN’T STOP EDITION Courtesy of George Will’s column in today’s Washington Post: The Center for Responsive Politics calculated that, by today, $2.4 billion will have been spent on presidential campaigns in the two-year election cycle that began in January 2007, and an additional $2.9 billion will have been spent on 435 House and 35 Senate contests. This $5.3 billion is a billion less than Americans will spend this year on potato...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “IT’S A DOG’S LIFE” EDITION Jack Warner claimed that Rin-Tin-Tin was the best of the Warner Bros stars because he was the easiest to work with....

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron MOUNTAIN CLIMBING EDITION Mount Everest is so tall that snow “settles” rather than “falls” on its summit. . Photo Credit:...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron   “DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200” EDITION More money is printed every day for the game Monopoly than by the U.S....

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron UM… EDITION Texas and Michigan state laws allow the legally blind to obtain hunting...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron According to Chuck Jones, the Warner Bros.’ Wagnerian spoof “What’s Opera, Doc?”, featuring a Valkyrian Bugs Bunny in drag and a Siegfriedian Elmer Fudd intoning “Kiww de Wabbit!”, took 6 times as much time and effort to create as the average Looney Tunes...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron Thoughts to think on as you go about your day JUDAISM FOR GOYS EDITION The only vehicles which are not forbidden to be operated in Israel on Yom Kippur are ambulances and emergency...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron Thoughts to think on as you go about your day SPECIAL ECONOMIC CRISIS EDITION According to NPR, the bail-out plan approved by the Senate grew from 3 pages (two weeks ago) to 450 pages (last week) and now includes $150 billion in additional “economic cushion” in the way of implied tax cuts – which equates to roughly $3 billion per page. . Comic Credit:...

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron Thoughts to think on as you go about your day I COULD HAVE BEEN AN OLYMPIAN! EDITION From 1912 to 1948, the Olympic Games included “art competitions,” awarding medals for strenuous exertions in fields like painting, music, literature and...