For parties of five or more patrons, restaurants often impose an automatic tip on the bill. Some Florida restaurants, it turns out, have been doing the same thing--except that the automatic tip is based not on the size of a group but rather on the color of customers' skin.

Manhattan's penchant for naming streets after people, places and events has given birth to some interesting addresses over the years. A section of 45th Street was once called "Jackie Mason Way" after the legendary comedian.

Sometimes, a penny saved is an accident waiting to happen. California Governor Gray Davis learned that lesson the hard way when a secretary in his office tripped over the very old, worn and wrinkled carpeting he'd decided not to have replaced. She fell right before his eyes, slightly injuring her ankle.

Why should governments calculate value for something that can't be sold anyway? Who's going to buy a city street?