Heroin
Any way you see it, this is evil.
Alcohol
Good branding and social sanction disguise the mess it can make of your life.
Cocaine
102 years since Coke took it out of its recipe, but too many people still believe it isn’t all that harmful.
Caffeine
Surprisingly hard to kick, and your body can get very used to it.
Marijuana
Rather more intoxicating than a cup of coffee, but actually easier to tackle in every other regard.
So you thought you knew all about
50 Cent
Considering he’s about the biggest pop musician today, this rapper’s name seems financially inappropriate. Spot the glitch here.
A. Born Curtis Jackson III in New York in 1976, grew up in a life of drugs and crime other rappers only sing about.
B. This ex-crack cocaine dealer, soon after being stabbed, was shot nine times in 2000.
C. Got his big break from fellow rapper Eminem, who signed him to a seven-figure deal in 2002.
D. Recently became the first artist in 41 years to equal the Beatles, with four tunes simultaneously in the US Billboard Top 10 charts.
Answer D. Yes, he was the first since 1964 to get 4 in the top 10, but the Beatles actually had five!
What Is
Popocatepetl
The perfect name for a volcano? Possibly, especially since this, the Aztec name for this 5,452-m high volcano in central Mexico, means ‘smoking mountain’. It’s the most active volcano in the northern hemisphere, with 36 recorded eruptions since the Spanish invasion alone.
