Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know You Needed

Blame it on the weather
Bad weather blamed for Scotland having 'more people with ginger hair'
Scotland’s notoriously bad weather appears to be behind why more of the country’s population appeared to be blessed with ginger hair, new research has claimed.
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Chinese mothers are picked for astronaut training
China could launch its first woman into space as early as 2012, and the candidate will be chosen from the first batch of Chinese mothers to qualified to fly fighter jets.
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Moviegoer Stabbed After Asking Woman to Silence Her Phone
A man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone in a movie theater.
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Bigger Butts at a Cost
Six women from the Essex County area who wanted fuller bottoms ended up in hospitals after receiving buttocks-enhancement injections containing the same material contractors use to caulk bathtubs, officials said.
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Going nuts for squirrel pie
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