Book Of Norm

You know that feeling when you walk into the men's bathroom and are surprised there aren't any urinals, then realize the mens bathroom definitely has urinals, then awkwardly walk out of the women's restroom..?

Ever travel on the subway in NYC? No? Well, it's an experience. Depending on the time of day it's either more crowded than Grandma Mary's countertop or as bizarre an experience as seeing G.W. Bush doing interpretive dance. To it's credit, it also works well and goes pretty much everywhere you need it to, fast. Which is not something I would ever say about the T in my town, Boston (who the hell designs a major subway system without a ring/circle line? morons). But it turns out that your ride in the NYC subway may be a little more interesting than you thought... "Researchers took DNA samples from surfaces in the New York City subway system. Just 0.2% of the DNA collected matched the human genome, and nearly half did not match any known organism. 12% of the bacteria found were known pathogens, including Bubonic plague and small bits of anthrax." Anthrax??!?! Plauge?!?!? 50% unknown to science? What the hell is going on down there?? The full article: ...