Interesting Stuff (10/25/05)

* Women apparently have 34 nerve fibers per sq cm of facial skin, whereas men only have 17. This is evidence to prove that women feel pain more acutely than men.

* Strangest headline ever: 20 fined for using letters W and Q. Sesame street residents protest.

* We've finally hit the 2000 death milestone in Iraq. In somewhat related news, Fitzgerald has decided to seek indictments in case of the outing of CIA agent Valarie Plame scandal. I'm sure we'll hear more about this in the national news as it breaks.