Joan Rivers Has Had Plastic Surgery 739 Times
Joan Rivers tells the Daily Telegraph she has had 739 surgical procedures to her Silly Puddy face. We all knew it was a lot, but, damn Joan, that is pathological.
Google and the New York Times Will Ruin Trivia for Everyone
Google and the New York Times have teamed up to bring you A Google A Day, a new daily trivia question that will run next to the crossword puzzle and, more importantly, online. What is the point of having a trivia question with a Google box right above it?
You're Invited: Celebrate Gawker.TV's 1st Birthday Party In Your Hometown!
From the Late Night Wars to Back to the Future's 25th Anniversary, it's been a year filled with awesome video. Celebrate Gawker.TV's 1st Birthday and our monthly trivia night on Tuesday at in your town!
Photos from Last Night's Gawker.TV Television Trivia Night
We've really been on a roll with our now monthly trivia nights, and this one was even bigger and badder ass than the last. There was much craziness along with some true trivia brilliance; come in and take a look.
Trivia du Jour
The noisiest public place in NYC is the platform for the F, V, B and D trains in the 42nd Street subway station, per a new survey. [NYP]
The End of the Phone Booth
Not that you'd ever need one to make a call, of course, but if you happen to be a film location scout and you're looking for an old phone booth to capture the look of a pre-cell phone NYC (or you just enjoy changing your clothes in them à la Superman), do note that that there are only four of them still standing in …
Kari Ferrell Is Memetastic
Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell's old roommate says "She just texted me two days ago to talk about the Utah Jazz." And other fun facts! Oh and she already has a celebrity impersonator:
'25 Random Things' Lists Are Last Vestige of American Literacy
1. Have you recently learned 6,575 new things about people courtesy of those '25 Things About Me' Facebook notes? 2. Yea, annoying right? 3. The trend pieces are here. 4. Hey it's a trend!
One More Reason to Be Nice to Your Neighbor
A whopping 37,000 New York City residents have a license to own or carry a gun, according to the Times. (One notable person not on the list: Plaxico Burress.) Subtract out the people who are either cops or security guards and there are still some 17,000 people who have the right to bear arms. Not including those of us…
Quasi-Useless NYC Trivia
The most dangerous intersection in Manhattan is at Park Avenue and East 33rd Street, according to Almanac of New York City by Kenneth T. Jackson. Oh, and there are more Rottweilers in the Soundview section of the Bronx than in any other neighborhood. [Bowery Boys]
The Name Game
Remember that hour you totally wasted searching for your name on the Internet and then laughing at pictures of people who happen to have the exact same name as your own? Who knew my namesake was a 64-year-old insurance salesman in Talahassee? Hilarious! So there's a site called HowManyofMe.com that will do the…
