Weird But True

Weird but true

And they needed to research this why?

Eighteen percent of female Macintosh computer users have unusually large heads, 29 percent wear blouses and 43 percent wear glasses, according to a Silicon Valley company.

BlueStacks’ “Ms. Mac 2012”² infographic” is based on stats culled from surveying Mac users, along with research from Nielsen.

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Her mind is haunted.

A 40-year-old Georgia woman filed a police report, saying her résumé, criminal history and blouse had been stolen by a ghost.

The woman told Barrow County cops that a spectre or sprite must have been behind the caper, because the ghost of her mother often visits.

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In the Canadian Rockies, traffic cams are being used to reward drivers and not punish them.

Motorists in a town outside Calgary, Alberta, who are recorded abiding by the speed limit are automatically entered into raffles for gift certificates.

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Vladimir Latyshev directed the Soviet Union’s version of “The Hobbit” back in 1985, eloquently titled, “Skazochnoye puteshestviye mistera Bilbo Begginsa Khobbita.” In English that means “The Fairytale Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit.”

Diehards beware: The unlicensed kid flick, viewable on YouTube, is missing characters like trolls, wood-elves and Elrond.

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Here comes Santa Claus — and the tax man is chasing his sleigh.

Cash-strapped Ukraine officials last week reminded entertainers making money by posing as Did Moroz — the local version of Santa Claus — that they have to pay income tax. Santa’s helpers have to pay up, too.

Tax collectors in the former Soviet republic say a Did Moroz with a traditional female Snihuronka, or snow maid, can earn between $30 and $440 per hour posing for pictures in Kiev.