Things I learned today (4)

And after all, learning is the most enjoyable part of living, or so I've heard.

• Vaseline® petroleum jelly was inspired by something called, um, rod wax.

• It is possible to take one's top off in less than five minutes.

• The state of California has granted a posthumous name change to a murdered transsexual woman.

• Not everyone who crosses the border from Mexico illegally is an aspiring day laborer.

• There are reasons not to use the word "socialist" in blog comments.

• Singer Charlotte Church does not have gas.