A Plane Split Into Three Pieces: But only one person, of 131 passengers, died in the crash.

China Beat Japan: China is now the world's second-largest economy. (We're number one! We're number one!) And experts say they're on course to beat us by 2020.

Apparently a Free iPad Wasn't Good Enough: An Apple manager was arrested for allegedly accepting a million bucks worth of kickbacks.

Don't Drink the Water: Millions of children in Pakistan are at risk from waterborne diseases after floods ravaged the country, affecting 170 million people.

Zsa Zsa Gabor Is Hospitalized, in Serious Condition: She also requested a priest and received her last rites.

Driver Kills Eight, Posts His Feelings on Facebook: The driver of a truck that crashed into a crowd of spectators during an off-road race in California yesterday, killing eight, used Facebook to say he was "devistated" and his heart goes out to all those involved.

Of Course the Mosque Debate Will Be a Campaign Issue: "President Obama's comments on Friday night about the so-called Ground Zero mosque has reignited intense controversy surrounding the project, with Republicans now promising to make it a campaign issue in this fall's midterm elections."

Of Course Steve Slater the Flight Attendant Gets Offered a Reality Show: It'll be a show about, you guessed it, disgruntled employees.

German Pop Star Admits to Having Unprotected Sex: And neglected to tell her partners that she is HIV positive.

Juggalos Threw Rocks at Tila Tequila, Forcing CNN to Write This Sentence: "The witness asked not to be identified so that he does not anger the juggalos."

Hot, Hot, Hot: An excessive heat warning is in effect until 10 pm tonight.

Don't Piss Off Justin Bieber: Because he'll Tweet your phone number to his four million Twitter followers.

Sex Doesn't Make Teens Stupid: Teens who have sex, while in a romantic relationship, don't "perform poorly in academics." The same isn't true for the tramps who have sex while not in a romantic relationship.

Mariners Won 9-3 on Saturday: Then they lost 9-1 on Sunday.

And now, here's Monday's Giraffe Fact (Giraffact!) of the Day:

Although giraffe's necks are very long, they're not long enough to reach the ground. So when a giraffe needs a drink, it has to strike an awkward pose, spreading its front legs far apart. This pose makes the giraffe very vulnerable to attack, so they only drink for a few seconds at a time, but even with just five or six quick drinks, a giraffe can consume over 10 gallons of water! (Via.)

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