A couple returned to their Santa Fe, NM, home from a week-long vacation to an unpleasant surprise: the legs of a dead man dangling from their ceiling. Police identified the man as Carl Smith, 81, the ex-husband of the woman who lived in the home. Police said it seems the man was attempting to break into the home via the roof and died while trying to enter through the air conditioner duct.

On Monday, three German 19-year-olds, who said they were bored, allegedly hacked into an Internet auction account and bought $160 million worth of goods (including industrial machinery and airplanes) in a two-hour period.

Steve Danos, 24, was arrested in Baton Rouge, LA, as allegedly the man who had been sneaking into young women's apartments to watch them sleep and to snuggle with them. Sometimes, he would also fold their laundry.

Loads of Fast Facts and Trivia, Like These:

• Something to keep in mind when summer finally comes: mosquitoes have been found to prefer biting people with smelly feet.
• A cool dieting tip: The body expends an average of 2.3 calories to melt an ice cube in your mouth. So, melt about 869 ice cubes in your mouth and you'll lose a pound.
• Wal-Mart currently opens a new megastore every two business days and has expanded, on average, into one new country each year.
• Morbid planning ahead: CBS has already made a deal with the Atlante Star Hotel in Rome to use their rooftop view of St. Peter’s when the pope dies, a deal worth $180,000 to the hotel.
• In the U.S. work force, approximately 23 percent of 'sick days' are taken by healthy people.

Q. When were Spaghetti O’s first introduced?
A. Spaghetti O’s were first introduced on October 19, 1965.

Q. What does the word Geico stand for (besides annoying commercials)?
A. Geico stands for Government Employees Insurance Company.

TRUE OR FALSE: John Wayne Bobbitt's first adult feature film was entitled "Frankenpenis".

ANSWER: False. Although John Wayne Bobbitt cashed in on his 15 minute of fame by filming "Frankenpenis" his very first adult feature film was simply called "John Wayne Bobbitt — Uncut".

General and Daily Sports Trivia, Like These:

Q. What would you be playing if you heard the phrase "Diddle for the middle"?
A. "Diddle for the middle" is a slang expression used for the start of a darts game. Opposing players each throw a single dart at the bull’s eye. The person who is closest starts the game.

Q. How did Adidas get their name (and not, it is not All Day I Dream About Sex)?
A. Adolf (Adi) Dassler starting producing the shoes that incorporate his name in the 1920’s. His chief competitor? His brother Rudolf Dassler who owned a company he named Puma.

Q. The mascots of Beijing 2008 are the five Fuwa, each representing both a color of the Olympic rings and a symbol of Chinese culture. What are the names of the five Fuwa?
A. The five fuwa are: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. In Chinese their names form the sentence: Beijing welcomes you.

Q. How many baseball movies has Kevin Costner been in?
A. Costner, who played baseball at Cal-Fullerton, has been in 3 baseball movies: "For Love of the Game", "Bull Durham" and "Field of Dreams".

Q. The AP announced that Illinois is No. 1 in the NCAA basketball poll for an eighth consecutive week. They are on a 19 game winning streak, which is the school?s second longest streak. When was the first and how long was it?
A. Only the 25-game winning streak that included parts of three seasons from Feb. 21, 1914, through Feb. 9, 1916, bests the Illini's current string of victories.

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