Freak Files: 09-10-10
WAIT UNTIL YOU MEET THE FATTEST NON-HUMAN PRIMATE!
It’s not just people that keep getting fatter –animals are becoming obese too.
–An overweight orangutan in England has been put on an extreme all-veggie diet. Experts say the 220-pound primate weighs twice as much as a normal, healthy orangutan. That officially makes OSHINE Britain’s fattest non-human primate.
–Zookeepers at the Monkey World Ape Rescue Center say Oshine picked up all the extra baggage during a 13-year stint as a pet in South Africa. Apparently, she ate all the wrong foods, and lots of it.
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A WOMAN’S RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS AT A GROCERY STORE TURNS INTO $100,000 FOR CHARITY:
Last summer, Carolee Hazard of Menlo Park, California, was in line to buy groceries at Trader Joe’s. The woman in front of her was named Jenni Ware, and Jenni had forgotten her wallet.
–So Carolee decided to help Jenni out…even though she was a total stranger…and paid for all $207 of Jenni’s groceries.
–The next day, Jenni paid Carolee back…but gave her $300, or $93 more than Carolee had spent on her. So Carolee went to Facebook and asked her friends what she should do with the extra money.
–Some people suggested charity. So she decided to match the $93 with $93 of her own, and donated $186 to the local Second Harvest Food Bank. She told her Facebook friends that was her plan.
–One friend decided to match the $93. Then another. Then another. Within a year, Carolee’s “93 Dollar Club” had raised more than $100,000 to donate to the food bank.
–Now, she’s going to push to raise $200,000. Quote, “That amount will provide 400,000 meals or enough to feed 100 families of four for a year.”
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MOM, DAD, IF YOU’RE DRIVING WITH YOUR KIDS, ASK THEM, “DO YOU KNOW COL. SANDERS?” WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THEY DON’T KNOW?
Look, I understand that today’s young people don’t know their history very well. They think Samuel Adams is a beer and “Nazi” is just a generic term to describe anyone who’s mean to you. We get it.
–But THIS lack of knowledge is just shocking and appalling. According to a new survey by KFC, more than 60% of people aged 18 to 25 have no idea who the guy is in the KFC logo. That’s right: They don’t recognize COLONEL SANDERS.
–In case you’re one of the people who don’t know, KFC was founded by COLONEL HARLAND SANDERS. And yes, he did have white hair, a white beard, a white suit, black glasses, and a string tie.
–He developed his recipe for fried chicken around age 40, franchised his restaurants at age 65, and sold his company at age 74. He died at age 90…and he would’ve turned 120 years old yesterday.








































