12/03

1. An ancient stash of marijuana was recently found in China’s Gobi Desert. Scientists believe it belonged to the Chinese emperor, who was then 16 years old. “Mom will never find it in the desert!”

2. Yesterday, a doctor in the Congo performed an amputation with instructions sent through cell-phone text messages. Here are some of the texts: “Cut just below the humerus bone :)” “There’s a lot of blood.” “LOL”

3. The artist with the most nominations at the Grammys this year is rapper Lil Wayne, as the Grammys try to continue their streak of winners with multiple drug offences. They can’t have Amy Winehouse every year.

4. The Austrian city of Salzburg has decided to NOT make a hotel out of the former home of The Sound of Music’s Von Trapp family. The hotel would have been called the Tourist Trapp.

5. The Federal Reserve is going to cut interest rates again, this time to -2%, which means that banks will actually have to pay you to loan money to you. Which is kind of what taxpayers have already been doing with the bank bailout.