America: land of surprises.

Because goddamn Tom Cruise is ruining everything, no one else (besides Mariah Carey, naturally) is really being given an opportunity to do something completely asinine. Alas, our Independence Day edition will actually have to feature some Independence Day facts. Here's a list of 10 surprising ones. Well, surprising if you consider "The patriotic poem 'America the Beautiful' was published on July 4, 1895 by Wellesley College professor Katharine Lee Bates" to be surprising.

Fine. Here's a Midget Mayor costume.