Prince Charles has officially entered the record book for the longest wait of any potential monarch to ascend to the throne – 59 years, two months and 14 days. He passed the former record-holder, a Peoria homeowner who waited over 59 years for the cable-installer to show up.
U.S. Marines will soon be issued special IED-resistant shorts called “ballistic boxers,” to reduce genital injuries common in Iraq and Afghanistan. In keeping with the Corps’ hallowed tradition, the new underwear has been officially named “The Shorts of Tripoli.”
Heading to Iowa in June, Donald Trump will be the keynote speaker at a DeMoines Lincoln Day Celebration where he'll claim he's actually better prepared to be president than Abe was -- if Lincoln had had his hair, John Wilkes Booth might have missed.
After 50 years of loyal service, Ronald McDonald is being retired. As the nation's junk food symbol, he joins the Jolly Green Giant (vegetables), Charlie the Tuna (fish), Elsie (milk) and Speedy Alka-Seltzer (indigestion) in the Food Pyramid Pioneers Hall of Fame.
The government of Bolivia has petitioned the U.N. to establish a "Ministry of Earth" to enforce laws aimed at saving the planet from extinction. Under the ambitious Bolivian plan, William Shatner would be hired to patrol earth orbit in the Enterprise issuing citations each time he observes a violation.