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only injury: a slight bump on the head.
June 21 is International Gnome Day.
    BABY MAKES WAVES
    Two Japanese parents had their worst fears realized when the March 2011 tsunami swept through their home and ripped their four-month-old daughter out of her mother’s arms. Mom and Dad survived but were told there was little hope for their baby girl. Two agonizing days passed with no word. Then, on the third day, a military search-and-rescue worker heard what sounded like a crying baby. He thought his ears were playing tricks on him; all they had found so far were corpses. But when he heard more cries, he yelled for his team. They began digging furiously, lifting away hundreds of pounds of rock, glass, and debris until they finally found the baby, still in her pink woolen bear suit—and there was hardly a scratch on her. No one knows how the girl didn’t drown or get crushed to death. Rescue workers called her a “tiny miracle.”

    FANCY BATHS
    • Milk Bath. Roman scholar Pliny the Elder’s Natural History (A.D. 77) notes that emperor Nero’s wife, Poppaea, traveled with a herd of lactating female donkeys so that she could bathe in their milk (with oils, lavender, and honey added in). Cleopatra was said to bathe regularly in milk, too. As it turns out, the ancients were on to something: The lactic acid in donkey milk contains alpha hydroxy , a known exfoliant that is believed to improve the skin’s appearance. Milk baths aren’t used much anymore, but hundreds of modern beauty and bath products contain alpha hydroxy acids.
    • Bubble Bath. Products that made baths burst with soapy bubbles appeared on the market not long after soap flakes were invented by the Lever Brothers in 1899. In the 1950s, ads suggested that a bubble bath could soak bathers clean—with no scrubbing needed—so their popularity for children took off. Sold as either dry flakes or liquid, bubble bath isn’t much different from liquid soap, except for whatever scents are added in. All-time bestselling bubble bath: Mr. Bubble, sold in bright pink bottles since 1961.
The only place a naked mole rat has hair: inside its mouth.

FLUBBED HEADLINES
Whether silly, naughty, obvious, or just plain bizarre, they’re all real .
    Chick Accuses Some of Her Male Colleagues of Sexism
    Westinghouse Gives Robot Rights to Firm
    How to Combat That Feeling of Helplessness With Illegal Drugs
    World’s Largest Stove Destroyed by Fire
    Deaf College Opens Doors to Hearing
    Young Marines Make Tasty Christmas Treats
    Students cook & serve grandparents
    Butts arrested in Boob murder case
    Parents keep kids home to protest school closure
    Hispanics ace Spanish tests
    Self Help Network asks businesses for assistance
    Most doctors agree that breathing regularly is good for you
    Academics to dissect Bob Dylan at NY conference
    EXPERTS: FEWER BLOWS TO HEAD WOULD REDUCE BRAIN DAMAGE
    Tiger Woods plays with own balls, Nike says
    Threat disrupts plan to meet about threats
    Mayor Parris to homeless: Go home
    Police seeking man handcuffed to chair
    Doobie tickets on sale for Joint show
    D ENVER: A CITY FULL OF BRIANIACS ?
    Dead man found in graveyard
    Rangers’ Hamilton to get shot for sore knee
NASA’s original calculations predicted a 5% chance for a successful moon landing.

I SPY...AT
THE MOVIES
You probably remember the kids’ game “I Spy, With My Little Eye...” Filmmakers have been playing it for years. Here are some in-jokes and gags you can look for the next time you see these movies .
    T HE HANGOVER (2009)
    I Spy... a character from Rain Man
    Where to Find Her: When the main characters approach a craps table, one of the women sitting there is played by Lucinda Jenney. She was reprising her role as the prostitute who tried to pick up Dustin Hoffman’s autistic character, Raymond Babbit, in 1988’s Rain Man . She was even wearing the same blue dress.
    MAMMA MIA! (2008)
    I Spy... two members of ABBA
    Where to Find Them: The Swedish pop stars have cameos in the hit movie