Things you didn’t think existed, but they do ...
World record for length of tonsils:
Justin Werner, 21, of Topeka, was certified by the Guinness Book, with tonsils measuring 2.1 inches and 1.9 inches, respectively.
The old “champion” was Justin Dodge of Milwaukee.
 Global competition in dominos:
The breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia will be the site, of the world domino championship.
Twenty-five countries belong to the International Domino Federation.
Next time send that
‘Dirksen’ guy to war
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Rob Dickerson finally received his Purple Heart this summer, four years after he was seriously wounded in a rocket attack in Iraq and two years after he began a paperwork battle with the Army to “prove” his injury.
Recently, the Army had apologized and mailed him the award, but it arrived C.O.D., leaving Dickerson to pay the $21 fee.
The Army subsequently reimbursed Dickerson the fee, but Dickerson said he hasn’t been able to cash the check, in that it was erroneously made out to “Roy Dirksen.”
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