I did not know that yesterday!

Discounting Otis, the beloved town drunk from "The Andy Griffith Show," and Robert Downey, Jr. , we'll go with Henry Earl. 

According to Wikipedia, Earl has been arrested, as of January 2007, 937 times. A Newsweek article and interview with the habitual offender reports he's been "homeless and unemployed since 1969" and "spends just about every other night in jail ... mostly for public drunkenness."

Earl became an Internet star when his county jail's web site began showing the incarceration status of past and present offenders, not to mention years of mug shots. Earl's notoriety led to a spot on the "Jimmy Kimmel Show," and later spawned a rock song, a Firefox browser extension, and an oil painting, among other tributes.

If you want to keep apprised of Earl's comings and goings, this site is a pretty good bet.

Source: ask.yahoo.com

You blow your nose, out comes snot. Five seconds later, you're stuffed-up again. Where is all this mucus coming from?

When it comes to science questions, we like to consult kid-friendly sites. (As English majors, we need simple answers.) Fortunately, Kidzworld fits the bill. The site explains that snot comes from mucus membranes that line the inside of your nose. The membranes secrete mucus in order to protect you from dust, germs, and pollen. The snot traps all this nasty stuff so it doesn't get into your lungs.

As Ask Dr. Universe informed us, the mucus acts like a shower inside your nose, washing away dead cells and germs. When you have a cold, even more mucus forms to get rid of the germs as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this can result in too much mucus, blocking the air passages and leading to a stuffed-up nose.

Still, the occasional clogged schnoz is a small price to pay for ridding your body of germs. Three cheers for snot! Drip, drip, hooray! Drip, drip, hooray! Drip, drip, hooray!