misc.

1. "this day in history" can be interesting, like today: anne frank got her diary in 1942, medgar evers was murdered in 1963, and o.j. took the knife to his ex and her boyfriend in 1994---

2. looks are not everything, even on american idol---a cellphone salesman from wales blows them away

3. world's tallest sandcastle at myrtle beach, sc

4. the ten tallest structures in 2010---one was built in 1963 and another in 1976---