The British Society for Psychical Research reported Sunday that ever since the introduction of mobile phones, ghost sightings have been on the decline. Paranormal activity has steadily dropped off in the past 15 years, or
7,884,000 minutes.
A new London company, Q4U is offering customers the chance to hire someone to stand in line for them for the reasonable price of 20 pounds ($28.84) per
60 minutes.
One last British tidbit: the Wonderbum—a wonderbra for the buttocks—is going to come on the market by the end of 2002, or in about
632,160 minutes.
Havard government is getting pretty efficient. Or something. The last UC meeting ran just
17 minutes.
Diane Ogden was the first person to get kicked off the newest season of Survivor last Thursday. The show managed to get pretty good ratings even though it was delayed by a speech by President Bush for
45 minutes.
While meeting with Rudolph Giuliani, Andrew, the Duke of York, told the New York mayor that he would be named an honorary knight for his work helping British families affected by the Sept. 11 attacks. He has been able to use the letters “KBE” after his name since Monday, or for
5,760 minutes.
Madonna’s “Ray of Light” is going from pop hit to commerical jingle. The song will be featured in a Windows XP ad that lasts
1 minute.
Apparently taken inadvertantly from a “Bert is Evil” website, silly pictures of Osama bin Laden with the furry muppet have been appearing in pro-Osama posters in Bangladesh. The first one showed up in Reuters photos on Oct. 5, but there have been others spotted, meaning people have been holding signs with Ernie’s friend for at least
18,720 minutes.
Tom Brokaw has been taking the hottest antibiotic on the market, Cipro, since Monday. The “Nightly News” staff will not be allowed to return to their offices for at least a week, or
10,080 minutes.
Passengers flying into National Airport have to stay in their seats or planes will not land, thanks to a new FAA rule. The law goes into effect for the flights’ final
30 minutes.
Prospective contestants for the ABC game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” flocked to Boston last Friday. They had to answer 35 questions in
12 minutes.
When the owners of Grafton, Inc. open their new bar, Red Line, in late November, the bar will feature a closing time of 2 a.m., which beats the old Grafton shut down hour by
60 minutes.
Prostitutes from Hamburg’s St. Pauli red-light district were annoyed by recent comments by Energie Cottbus’ team coach to his poorly performing players. The women were insistent that they were hard-working, unlike the athletes, and usually had days that lasted 14 hours, or
840 minutes.
In order to determine if a substance is anthrax, scientists need to test for 48 hours, or
2,880 minutes.
The School Board in Madison, Wis. had a contentious debate Monday night that finally ended in permitting schools to offer the Pledge of Allegiance. Discussion lasted 8 hours, or
480 minutes.
