things i learned while reading reader's digest

1. the word mendacious means untruthful
   
2. you need government permission to commercially produce eggs. you have to buy "quota" (to participate in the system), which works out to about 175 bucks a bird. the high cost keeps many people out of the egg game and leaves a nice monopoly for those who can afford it (under the guise of preserving market equity and protecting farmers from competition)
   
3. Carl Leffler, the mathematician behind the popular game 'bingo,' was hired to create unique bingo cards and, according to legend, went crazy after he produced about 6000 of them.
   
4. The average lifespan of pets (cats and dogs) has increased by one third over the past decade due to increased vaccinations and better vetrinary care. (and in my personal opinion, a growing penchant to treating an animal like one of the family and a decrease in number of shotguns kept in the house)
5. the japanese have this word, "katahara itai" to describe the phenomenon of laughing so hard that your stomach hurts. english suuuuucks.
6. psychopaths enjoy dramatic lying for its own sake