Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Whale puke, George Costanza, coffee – the miracle drug, and more
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., May 16, 2008
Spectators and riders scattered 125 kilograms of nails on the Paris to Nancy stage of the Tour de France in 1905.
Solidified sperm whale puke is worth a lot. Also known as ambergris, when it comes out it smells horrible, but after it's floated around the ocean for 10 years, the sun and the saltwater cleanse it, and what you get is a musty, very sweet, perfumey substance worth about $10 a gram.
According to the Journal of Neuroinflammation, coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body.
George Costanza (the Jason Alexander character in Seinfeld) lived at 321 W. 90th St. In real life, so did the mother of James Lipton (Inside the Actors Studio).
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