A man died in the bathroom of a train in Jakarta, Indonesia, and wasn't found for six hours. What you didn't know: When the janitor opened the door and found the body, he found out that what died in the bathroom was a little more than bad curry.
A 95-year-old woman will be the oldest person to be awarded a college degree when she graduates May 12 from a Kansas university. What you didn't know: The five-year college plan suddenly doesn't look too bad.
A woman in New York was chased in her Ford Escort by a bull that wandered into her garage from a nearby pasture. What you didn't know: Bulls don't fear Fords. If she drove a Chevy, this story would have a completely different ending.
Jack Valenti, the man who helped create the movie rating system used by the Motion Picture Association, died last Thursday. The rating system has been criticized heavily for being prudish with sex but liberal with violence. What you didn't know: Valenti went out the way he liked his movies - in a hail of drug-induced gunfire and still a virgin.
The NCAA banned text messaging by college coaches to recruit athletes to their schools. What you didn't know: The case cited by most as the tipping point was from an unidentified coach texting, "plz b my qb 4ever. it wuld be gr8. lmk asap, kthnxbye."
The U.S. Medicare Hospital Insurance trust is projected to be drained in 2019, a year later than originally predicted. What you didn't know: It's just one year. It won't stop the reminders from your grandparents about how it "sucks to be you."
Canadian scientists said they have grown a human cancer on a mouse so they could research its progression from beginning to end. What you didn't know: In reaction to this news, American mice have renewed their efforts to combat socialized medicine.
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Thumbs up to being ever-so-close to finals week. Summer is near, and we're that much closer to freedom.
Thumbs down to slacker roommates. All we ask is you pay rent, clean up after yourselves and keep the Brita container filled.
Liners and Thumbs compiled by The Orion's Kyle Buis
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