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When Ravel, also a clairvoyant, started channeling the same ancient Atlantian in 1992, Knight sued her in an Austrian courtroom. “I’ve had spiritual contact with Ramtha since 1978,” Knight said. “I need him and he needs me.”
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“Ramtha feeds his thoughts and energies through me and me alone,” Ravel replied. “I am his keeper.”
VERDICT: Knight won. The judge ordered Ravel to stop using the Ramtha “brand” and to pay Knight $800 for interfering with her transmissions and for creating her subsequent period of “spiritual limbo.”
PLAINTIFF: Shenandoah South Theater
DEFENDANT: Singer Wayne Newton
LAWSUIT: In 1994 Newton filed suit against the Branson, Missouri, theater for failing to pay him his full fee. Shenandoah owner Gary Snadon immediately filed a countersuit. Newton had appeared at the Shenandoah in 1993 and had been paid $5 million, Snadon said, while the theater had lost $500,000. Snadon’s suit charged that Newton had ruined the theater’s reputation. How? Because the singer told too many “fat” jokes and jokes about people from Pennsylvania.
VERDICT: Newton paid an undisclosed amount in a settlement before the trial ended. The Shenandoah South closed down later that year.
* * *
RANDOM FACTS TO BUG YOU
• The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head like a human.
• The word bug started out as the Anglo-Saxon word bugge or bough , meaning “a terror, a devil, or a ghost.”
• The hairs on the butt of a cockroach are so sensitive that they can detect air currents made by the onrushing tongue of a toad.
• The praying mantis is the official state insect of Connecticut.
• Mating soapberry bugs remain locked in embrace for up to 11 days, which exceeds the life span of many other insects.
President Gerald R. Ford’s birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr. (He was adopted.)
TODAY’S MENU
Funky foods from around the world .
C RACKLING ICE. Researchers from a Japanese steel company discovered that samples of Antarctic ice mixed in alcoholic drinks make distinctive, loud crackling sounds. When the ice is placed in alcohol, air bubbles trapped in the ice thousands of years ago are released with a loud popping sound. The stronger the alcohol, the louder the sound. Straight whiskey (80 proof) over the ice produces crackling sounds of around 70 decibels (equal to the noise of a loud radio) every second or so.
CRETE-DE-COQ. Cock’s combs are often used by French and Italian chefs to garnish various poultry dishes. (The comb is the red, fleshy thing on top of a rooster’s head.) According to experts, it’s chewy but quite tasty.
CONCHA FINA. This shellfish looks like an oyster. But while oysters are often served raw (and dead), this Spanish delicacy is always served raw…and alive. Squeeze a little fresh lemon over the concha fina . When it starts fidgeting, pour it down your throat.
FRUIT BAT SOUP. A delicacy from Micronesia made with fruit bats (also called flying foxes). For the soup, the meat of the fruit bat is simmered in water, ginger, and onion and topped off with scallions, soy sauce, and coconut cream. When not in the soup, these furry bats are said to make affectionate pets.
CHIA PET SALAD. This dish features the edible sprouts of Salvia columbariae —related to the spice, sage. The “fur” that grows out of the ceramic cow, frog, hippo, puppy, or whatever is stripped from the pottery and tossed lightly with peppery nasturtiums and beanlike tulip flowers.
STUFFED ROAST CAMEL. It is served at traditional Bedouin wedding feasts in Middle Eastern and North African deserts. Ingredients include 1 medium-sized camel, 1 medium-sized North African goat, 1 spring lamb, 1 large chicken (some recipes substitute fish or monitor lizard), 1 boiled egg, 450 cloves of garlic, and 1 large bunch of fresh coriander.
Holy cow! McDonald’s uses 560 million pounds of beef each year.
The
Skip this fact: The first leap year was in 46 B.C.
“Ramtha feeds his thoughts and energies through me and me alone,” Ravel replied. “I am his keeper.”
VERDICT: Knight won. The judge ordered Ravel to stop using the Ramtha “brand” and to pay Knight $800 for interfering with her transmissions and for creating her subsequent period of “spiritual limbo.”
PLAINTIFF: Shenandoah South Theater
DEFENDANT: Singer Wayne Newton
LAWSUIT: In 1994 Newton filed suit against the Branson, Missouri, theater for failing to pay him his full fee. Shenandoah owner Gary Snadon immediately filed a countersuit. Newton had appeared at the Shenandoah in 1993 and had been paid $5 million, Snadon said, while the theater had lost $500,000. Snadon’s suit charged that Newton had ruined the theater’s reputation. How? Because the singer told too many “fat” jokes and jokes about people from Pennsylvania.
VERDICT: Newton paid an undisclosed amount in a settlement before the trial ended. The Shenandoah South closed down later that year.
* * *
RANDOM FACTS TO BUG YOU
• The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head like a human.
• The word bug started out as the Anglo-Saxon word bugge or bough , meaning “a terror, a devil, or a ghost.”
• The hairs on the butt of a cockroach are so sensitive that they can detect air currents made by the onrushing tongue of a toad.
• The praying mantis is the official state insect of Connecticut.
• Mating soapberry bugs remain locked in embrace for up to 11 days, which exceeds the life span of many other insects.
President Gerald R. Ford’s birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr. (He was adopted.)
TODAY’S MENU
Funky foods from around the world .
C RACKLING ICE. Researchers from a Japanese steel company discovered that samples of Antarctic ice mixed in alcoholic drinks make distinctive, loud crackling sounds. When the ice is placed in alcohol, air bubbles trapped in the ice thousands of years ago are released with a loud popping sound. The stronger the alcohol, the louder the sound. Straight whiskey (80 proof) over the ice produces crackling sounds of around 70 decibels (equal to the noise of a loud radio) every second or so.
CRETE-DE-COQ. Cock’s combs are often used by French and Italian chefs to garnish various poultry dishes. (The comb is the red, fleshy thing on top of a rooster’s head.) According to experts, it’s chewy but quite tasty.
CONCHA FINA. This shellfish looks like an oyster. But while oysters are often served raw (and dead), this Spanish delicacy is always served raw…and alive. Squeeze a little fresh lemon over the concha fina . When it starts fidgeting, pour it down your throat.
FRUIT BAT SOUP. A delicacy from Micronesia made with fruit bats (also called flying foxes). For the soup, the meat of the fruit bat is simmered in water, ginger, and onion and topped off with scallions, soy sauce, and coconut cream. When not in the soup, these furry bats are said to make affectionate pets.
CHIA PET SALAD. This dish features the edible sprouts of Salvia columbariae —related to the spice, sage. The “fur” that grows out of the ceramic cow, frog, hippo, puppy, or whatever is stripped from the pottery and tossed lightly with peppery nasturtiums and beanlike tulip flowers.
STUFFED ROAST CAMEL. It is served at traditional Bedouin wedding feasts in Middle Eastern and North African deserts. Ingredients include 1 medium-sized camel, 1 medium-sized North African goat, 1 spring lamb, 1 large chicken (some recipes substitute fish or monitor lizard), 1 boiled egg, 450 cloves of garlic, and 1 large bunch of fresh coriander.
Holy cow! McDonald’s uses 560 million pounds of beef each year.
The
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