18th April 2008 | Category: Who Knew?
Yes you do, if you want to protect yourself against burglary in Vienna. The Austrian headquarters of the current government was burglarized by a thief who entered the place though the mail slot.
Like any normal office building, the party office of ruling Social Democrats in Austria has a mail drop on their front door. No, the mail slot is not for huge packages. It is standard size: 14 inch by 14 inch, just enough to slide a standard A4 size envelopes. But that was enough for the thief to somehow squeeze through. It happened Thursday morning, and people found out about the burglary when they came to the office. The thief took things small enough to fit the slot: laptops, cell phones, notebooks, and of course cash. It is not clear whether the thief is a contortionist or really small. Or maybe a child was involved in the plan.
What is baffling is that the thief used the same slot to get out. It makes sense to enter the building though the small slot, but isn’t it easier to open the door from inside on the way out?
18th April 2008 | Category: News, Who Knew?
It seems so. Aliza Shvarts, who previously reported to have impregnated herself repeatedly through artificial insemination and induced miscarriages by herbal drugs, did no such thing. It was just a performance art project to get attention and generate controversy surrounding the sensitive topic of abortion.
Aliza claims that her story is real and she planed to make an art display with plastic sheet stained with her blood where she would show video of her getting abortion in a bathtub. But Yale says that is an elaborate lie and she was never pregnant. “The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body.” She did all these just to create a debate since abortion is such a hot button issue. It is not clear if she was motivated to do her art project by the movie titled Shape of Things. In that situation it would be real life imitating art. And the shame is that even as an art project her idea is not too original.
People from both sides of the abortion debate are outraged by her work, and described her effort as misguided and callous.
17th April 2008 | Category: News, Who Knew?
By popping the question in a crossword puzzle, of course. Twenty six year old Alex Fay proposed to his twenty four year old girlfriend Lisa Stern using the clue “Question that pops up” for a crossword puzzle in USA TODAY.
He was looking for more than the obvious answer WILLYOUMARRYME. And he got it - Lisa said yes. Alex was planning for months to use their mutual passion for crosswords to pop the question. He finally crated his first ever crossword and sent to the editor. On April 10 the puzzle appeared, and Alex brought the puzzle to Lisa in the morning since he could not wait till night, their regular time to solve the puzzle. He also brought her favorite coffee along. As they worked on the puzzle, Lisa got a feeling that something was up. It took about 20 minutes for them to reach the clue in question, and as soon as Lisa solved it Alex got on his knee with a ring. Lisa was shocked in a good way and said yes.
The couple plans to marry next summer. We hope all those single men out there get a clue how to be romantic from this story.
