Michael Feldman is the creator and host of Public Radio International’s popular quiz show Whad'Ya Know?, which originates from his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, and airs on Saturday mornings. He also contributed sidebars to Britannica’s recent book Glad You Asked: Intriguing Names, Facts, and Ideas for the Curious-Minded published in conjunction with Triumph Books. Some of his posts will be based on writings for this book.

Mama grizzlies attack Tea Partiers, tear them Betsy from Ross.

Had Sarah Palin been raised in Wisconsin, we’d be talking Mama Muskies. In Florida, Mama Manatees. Missouri—Mama Carp. California, Mama Cass.

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It’s McChrystalnacht for General McChrystal. To be replaced with Betty White, whose star is rising.

General McChrystal thinks he’s Billy McChrystal. Been reassigned to a USO troupe in formerly enslaved Latvia. We’ll see how it goes on the road.

Vice-President Biden has the last bite-me.

President Obama found the firing such a heady experience he’s had to let Michelle go.

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Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of Flim-Flam, sells London Bridge yet again.

New BP gas: Gold Extra! Now with seawater!

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Today Moses would have 140 characters with which to prove the Lord God more worthy of following than Ashton Kutcher.

On his blog, Mo Sez, there would be opportunity to flesh it out a little, although not as much as ten commandments, since only Letterman Almighty still goes that route.

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“British Petroleum is coming! British Petroleum is coming! One if by land, two if by”—never mind, it’s already here.

Iran comes out with its version of the iPad, the ineedashaveabadPad.

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In retaliation for French face-veil ban, berets and carrying a loaf of bread in your armpit are now taboo in Saudi Arabia.

Spirit Airlines to charge passengers for being overweight—but your Spirit flies free.

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It had never, previously, occurred to me to spring break-it in Cardiff, even though Wales had recently been declared the happiest nation on earth. If it was bucolic, I’ve got plenty of that in Wisconsin.

I’m glad, in retrospect, when you think of what can go wrong.

Read on to see the actual email sent out to the world in my name last Friday.

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The Olympics Nordic Combined: that’s when a Swede marries a Norwegian and they raise the kids Finnish.

New dinosaur species discovered—the Democratasaur.

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Google plans a 100 times faster Internet, at which point it will change its name to Goo ! . . .

In a U.S. Jobs Bill compromise, the Senate cuts out the J-O and leaves the B-S.

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Toyota must now fix LaHood. Also have a problem with Prius brakes unable to slow the vehicle down from 23 mph.

France bars citizenship for a man who makes his wife wear a veil without even bothering to see what she looks like under there.

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