I want to see some baby porcupines

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Why: On ZooBorns, a Fluffy Baby Paraguayan Porcupine (thx 2Pz):

Answer: Here are some:

Source: Google Images

The More You Know: A baby porcupine is called a porcupette. Its quills begin to harden during its first hour of life. Watch them porcupines run:

"Porcupine Racetrack" by The State - watch more funny videos

I want to watch "Porcupine Racetrack"

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Why: I watched it on Season 3 of my "The State" DVD a few weeks ago. It's great.

Answer: Here it is! So blurry!


Source: YouTube

The More You Know:

It's a marvelous day at the porcupine racetrack
We'll watch them little porkies run
The sun, the track, and porcupines
The recipe for fun

What are the Seven Wonders of the World?

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Why: In "The State," Medium Head Boy can't name them all.

Answer: The original seven (of the "Ancient World") are:

1. Colossus at Rhodes - A bronze statue of Apollo that stood 105 ft. high from 280-224 BC

2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC

3. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - Erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor, who died in 353 BC

4. Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria - Built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the 3rd century BC, then destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century

5. Pyramids of Egypt (at Giza) - Completed around 2680 BC, the largest - built by Khufu - was originally 482 ft high with 2,300,000 blocks

6. Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia - 40 ft. high made of gold and ivory, it disappeared without a trace except for reproductions on coins

7. Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus - Had Ionic columns 60 ft high from 350 BC - 262 AD

Source: InfoPlease

The More You Know: The Seven "New Wonders" of the Medieval World are:

1. Christ the Redeemer Statue (Brazil)
2. Great Wall of China
3. Machu Picchu (Peru)
4. Petra (Jordan)
   
5. Pyramid at Chichen Itza (Mexico)
6. Colosseum (Italy)
7. Taj Mahal (India)
   

The Seven Modern Wonders are:

1. Channel Tunnel / Chunnel (France and England)
2. CN Tower (Toronto)
3. Empire State Building (New York City)
4. Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)
5. Itaipu Dam (Brazil and Panama)
6. Delta / Zuiderzee North Seas Protection Works (Netherlands)
7. Panama Canal (Panama)
   

How many episodes of "The State" was Jon Stewart in?

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Why: I just saw him opening fanmail in the ep "Bologna Feet" from Season 2 (1994).

Answer: That was the only one! AND it was his first-ever acting job! Well how about that.

Source: IMDb

The More You Know: That's not to say he had never been on TV before. He was already an established comedian and had hosted the sketch comedy show "You Wrote It, You Watch It" (starring most of "The State" people) on MTV.

How did Sid & Nancy die?

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Why: Just watched a "The State" sketch that had Sid & Nancy as teammates on some Pyramid-type show.

Answer: Here's how it went down:

• Oct. 12, 1978 - Vicious claimed to have awoken from a drugged stupor to find Nancy Spungen dead on the bathroom floor of their New York hotel room. She had been stabbed once in the abdomen and apparently bled to death. The knife used had been bought by Sid on 42nd Street and was identical to a collector's knife that Dee Dee Ramone had given to Stiv Bators.
• Oct. 22, 1978 - Sid tried to slash his wrists and was commited to Bellevue Hospital, where he met Michele Robinson. When he got out of Bellevue, he started living with "new girlfriend" Michele.
  
• Nov. 22, 1978 - Sid was arrested and charged with her murder. Vicious admitted they had fought that night, but gave conflicting versions of what happened next. Once he said "I stabbed her, but I didn't mean to kill her," then that he didn't remember, and then said Spungen had fallen onto the knife.
• Dec. 9, 1978 - Vicious was arrested for assault after an altercation with Patti Smith's brother Todd. He was sent to Riker's Island.
• Feb. 1, 1979 - Vicious had a release party at the home of Michele Robinson. He was clean, having detoxed from heroin while at Riker's. Despite Robinson's protests, Sid's mom sent heroin to the house. Vicious overdosed later that night, but Robinson revived him. Later, the two fell asleep together. In the morning, Vicious was found dead "from an accumulation of fluid in the lungs that was consistent with heroin overdose."

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: Johnny Rotten had a pet hamster named Sid who he described as "the softest, furriest, weediest thing on earth." The hamster bit Simon Ritchie, who said, "Sid is really vicious!" Voilà: Sid Vicious.