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Is Truth Still Stranger Than Fiction?

by kphirst

Who knew there was a statue of John Lennon in Havana, Cuba?
Although he never visited Cuba or sang about it, the government
unveiled his statue on Dec 8, 2000 - the 20th anniversary of the
singer's death. In fact, Fidel Castro, who had said that the
Beatles were subversive and that they were a symbol of selfish
consumerism, made a surprise appearance at the unveiling of
Lennon's cross-legged, bespectacled likeness. Because the
spectacles have been stolen twice, four retirees have been hired
to protect the statue in 12-hour shifts. Because the guards keep
the spectacles in their pocket until a tourist wants to take a
picture, it's obvious no one has been able to see a way to
permanently attach them.

The U.S. Postal Service saw a way to commemorate Frank Sinatra.
On May 13th, the 10th anniversary of the crooner's death, the
Post Office released a Frank Sinatra stamp. The image they chose
for the stamp was based on a 1950's photo of Frank wearing his
trademark fedora and bobbysoxer smile, but the original design
was done in reddish brown, sepia tones. Wouldn't you like to know
who put their stamp of approval on a stamp that couldn't do
justice to "old blue eyes"?

Gary Paul, a noted conservation scientist, has proposed a unique
way of doing justice to animals on the verge of extinction. He
proposed that we eat them. Because more than 1,000 plants and
animals, once commonly eaten in the U.S, are threatened or
already extinct, Gary Paul wants to save them by recreating a
demand for dishes that are ancestors ate. Although grass-fed
bison and Tennessee fainting goat are starting to reappear on
dinner tables, it's already too late to have passenger pigeon
pie. That's why Gary Paul wants to save our culinary heritage one
mouthful at a time.

Because companies want to save themselves, they are monitoring
employees' e-mail for everything from proprietary data leaks to
cyber slacking. Although E-mail creates an electronic equivalent
of DNA evidence, only two states - Connecticut and Delaware -
require employees be notified about monitoring. That's why all
employees should know even Internet-based e-mail like Yahoo and
Hotmail can be recovered and read if it's opened at work. Even
deleted e-mail can be recovered forensically. What it comes down
to is big brother may be watching so don't write e-mails at work
that you wouldn't want your mother to read.

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