—Eartha Kitt died recently of colon cancer at age 82, and we remember her here for playing the unforgetable Catwoman in the original, campy Batman series of the 1960’s.
While her portrayal of Catwoman was not my favorite, she brought an intelligence and smoldering sexuality to the role; she was hardly a brainless sex kitten. Eartha Kitt’s Catwoman could have held her own against any man in the boardroom as well as in the bedroom.–Did you know that Ms. Kitt was fluent in several languages?–Don’t forget that she dared to criticize the Vietnam war while in the Johnson White House!
–and as for Catwoman, she could own me!
–Mice have been genetically engineered that can run twice as far and about an hour longer than their unaltered brethren. The mice also stay in peak condition, even without exercise or a good diet! 
–The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) is a well-studied region in the Monoceras (the Unicorn) constellation. The Christmas Tree Cluster, the blue reflection nebula surrounding bright stars, was so named because it looks like a tree in visible light…alright, use your imagination! 
–Not to be confused with Howie Mandel, a Yowie is an unidentified hominid reputed to lurk in the Australian wilderness of Queensland. This cryptid is similar to the North American Bigfoot and the Himalayan Yeti. 
–Two rare white lion cubs were born at the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia recently; aren’t they cute? The mother of the cubs was a white lioness, while their father was a regular-color lion. White lions are not a separate species, nor are they albino.
–In Oklahoma, a gunman burst through the front door of a woman’s house, and ordered her to the ground. Her pit bull, D-Boy, then rushed in from another room, attacked the intruder, and was shot three times by the home invader–twice in the head, being hit initially before he could even reach the gunman! Despite 
–Eleven American states ban hunting on Sunday, or restrict it to certain game and locations. In Pennsylvania, for example, only coyote, foxes, and crows can be hunted on Sundays.
—Trigger Happy TV is a hidden camera comedy TV program. Originally a British show, most of the sketches appeared to be filmed on the streets of central London, and focused on ludicrous or embarrassing situations in 
–The Komodo Dragon resides in Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, as it has for millions of years; amazingly, it was unknown to men until about 100 years ago! The Komodo dragon can measure 10 feet in length and weigh over 300 pounds; some are reputed to be larger still, but have not been documented.
FOXSYLVANIA 
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