Release Week Randomness




The World Almanac Podcast show

Summary: Sometimes these Thursday-morning <a href="http://www.whoopi.com">Wake Up With Whoopi</a> appearances go exactly as planned, and sometimes... well, sometimes this happens: everyone gets hopped up on the chocolates I bring in for Whoopi's birthday (which happened to be the same day <a href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&amp;pid=538072">The World Almanac 2008</a> was released), and then her co-host Cubby tells an admittedly cool story about spotting his own name in the book... and then suddenly I have no time to share all the great facts I prepared about extrasolar planets. <br> <br> So, they'll have to wait for another week.* At least we did managed to kick around some facts from one of this year's The World at a Glance pages, which collect all sorts of facts you might not have known were in the book, including top-grossing concert tours, top tourist destinations, per capita fat consumption in the U.S., most popular car colors... <br> <br> Tune in next Thursday morning for some Thanksgiving history, which I promise will go according to plan. <br> <br> Previously: <a href="http://www.worldalmanac.com/wablogadmin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=3&amp;search=%22world+at+a+glance%22">The World at a Glance</a> <br> <br> (* ...or you could get an overview of the search for extrasolar planets on page 333 of the new World Almanac.)