Interesting...

• THREESOME BET:
  A website that started as a couple's bet over a threesome has taken the world by storm. An anonymous American, known only as Dan, wanted to prove to his girlfriend Kim that anyone can capture the world's attention online, so he bet her that his site would attract two million hits through "email word of mouth". If he won the bet then she would have to find another female to participate in a ménage à trois; if he lost, Dan would have to concede to Kim that he was an idiot for believing that his website, www.helpwinthisbet.com, could attract such a huge number. Today, the total stands at over three million, so Kim better find a third girl quick.
• JUDGE'S CODE:
  The judge who presided over The Da Vinci Code plagiarism case has hidden his own secret code in his judgement. Mr Justice Peter Smith, who ruled in favour of author Dan Brown after he was accused of using ideas from another book, hinted that the assortment of italicised letters in his ruling were more than typographical errors: "I can't discuss the judgement but I don't see why a judgement should not be a matter of fun," he added. He said he would confirm it if someone broke the code, which was "not a difficult thing to do". Hiding a message in a formal High Court judgement is thought to be unprecedented.
• VIRTUAL REALITY:
  Online gamers can now become millionaires by playing computer games. The creators of sci-fi game Entropia Dollars have launched a cash card which lets players spend the money they have accrued in their web game, in the real world. The card can be used at ATMs worldwide and looks set to revolutionise computer gaming. In Entropia, money is made by selling flats and storefronts to other players, or by imposing taxes, and ten Project Entropia Dollars equal one real dollar. Game founder Jan Welter said: "We're bridging the gap between virtual reality and reality."
• TOMKAT PRE-NUP:
  After weeks of legal wrangling, Tom Cruise and his bride-to-be Katie Holmes have signed a £22 million pre-nuptial agreement. An £8 million trust has been set up for Holmes and her two-week old daughter Suri, which they are entitled to regardless of whether the duo marry. If the couple marries and later divorces, Holmes is set to receive an additional £14 million from Cruise, who is worth £250 million. The couple plan to marry in July.
• TAKING THE PLUNGE:
  David Blaine has embarked on his latest stunt: to spend a week under water in a human aquarium. The illusionist will use oxygen and feeding tubes to stay alive in his 8ft high chamber in New York's Lincoln Centre, and will end his "Drowned Alive" stunt next Monday by attempting to set a new world record by holding his breath under water for more than eight minutes and 58 seconds. The American risks hypothermia, fainting, skin problems and nerve damage in his latest stunt.
• INFLUENTIAL FILMMAKER:
  Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee has landed a coveted spot in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. The Oscar-winning Taiwanese filmmaker made the list because his work has crossed cultural lines. Zhang Ziyi, who starred in his Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, said: "His insight into the human heart crosses all boundaries. I know he is also making a huge influence in the lives of younger filmmakers and actors."
• PLANE DECORATION:
  A Chinese businessman has bought an old MiG fighter jet on eBay to decorate his office. Zhang Cheng splashed out £14,000 on the Soviet-made jet, which last flew in 1995, although it is still unclear whether he needs a permit to import it from America. He told the Beijing News: "I have the buying power and my company has an empty space where I can display the plane. I don’t know if this jet plane is a banned item."
• IPODS FOR MINERS:
  Two Australian miners who have been trapped for nine days in a gold mine, 3,000 ft underground, have been given iPods to sustain them. The iPods, programmed with country and western music for one man and hip-hop for the other, were passed through a 4-inch-wide plastic tube, along with food and water. The men, who became trapped when an earthquake hit their mine in Tasmania, don't seem to have lost their sense of humour; on being told that it would take a day to get them out, one miner quipped that he wanted overtime.
• VAMPIRE ATTACK:
  A 15-year-old "vampire" slit the throats of three classmates and tried to drink their blood at her school in New York. One victim, Michelle Melendez, was slashed with the edge of a tin can and needed plastic surgery to treat her injuries: "She was trying to get my jugular vein. There was blood flowing all over my face. My skin was in her mouth and she wouldn't let go." The "vampire", who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with second-degree assault as a minor and released. The school involved is now being sued in a multi-million-dollar suit for failing to protect students.
• SCIENCE FACT:
  Cloaking devices that render spacecrafts invisible may soon be more than just science fiction. Scientists propose that placing certain objects close to a material called superlens could make them appear to vanish, in an effect known as "anomalous localised resonance". It will, however, be several years before this stealth technology can be used on dust particles, let alone entire space ships. Professor Sir John Pendry, of Imperial College London, who helped pioneer superlenses, said: "If the speck of dust is close enough it induces a very aggressive response in the cloaking material which essentially acts back on the speck of dust and forces it to stop shining."