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The romantic Germans have come up with Singles Shopping: show up at Wal-Mart at a designated time and receive a bright bow to tie to your cart—and then cruise the store, maybe meeting the girl of your dreams. Interesting little idea.

A little-known fact is that George S. Patton, the hero of the Second World War, was at one point in time Master of the Sword at the Mounted Service School for the Fifteenth Cavalry. He even wrote a manual on the use of the sword and designed the M1913 cavalry sabre.