Circle Of Useless Knowledge

While reading some olympic news spiced up with useless knowledge à la Jean Dion, I found this rather incredible fact:
[...] the American Johnny Spillane, in nordic combined —cross-country ski plus ski jump — has a damn holy fear of… travel by airplane. «I hate it», said he, «I just sit there and suffer. From the [...]

Walter Fredrick “Fred” Morrison: inventor of the Frisbee, died on Feb. 9th at age 90. Frisbees were initially baptised Whirlo-Way, then Flyin-Saucer, and Pluto Platter, before becoming Frisbees. Let us lift a cake pan in his honor; Cheers, mister Morrisson!