Poor comparison

Converted: Question: How many U.S. quarters does it take to outweigh unstable celebrity Tom Cruise? Answer: 3,985. Question: How many Weinermobiles, parallel-parked, would it take to cover the length of the Panama Canal? Answer: Just shy of 9,778. Question: What’s the conversion ratio of giraffe necks to human small intestines? Answer: About 3.3:1. Compare the dimensions of all kinds of things, including whatever you enter yourself at www.weirdconverter.com.

Blood on the tracks: We all know Bob Dylan wrote “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” and “Forever Young,” but this recently unearthed footage reveals that Zimmy was responsible for nearly every major pop hit of the last 35 years, from “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “My Humps” to “Mmmbop” and “I Like Big Butts (And I Cannot Lie)”—of course, they were acoustic folk songs back then. If it’s on the Internet, it must be true at www.ifilm.com/video/2842442.

by Michael Citrome

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