The first rule of Fight Club : You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club: You do not get blood on tourists coming out of the Disney Store. Confused? Allow us to explain. Current is reporting that an actual fight club )inspired by the movie, which was inspired by the novel( is staging brutal matches in the middle of Union Square in New York City. Passersby are encouraged to watch, cheer, and )of course( donate money.

Can you handle more than 3,600 hours of Games of the XXIX Olympiad ? You don't even have to cut caffeine and get pedicures, as some Olympiad hopefuls have done . Instead, oil up the remote control and the mouse, and try these sit-down techniques instead. Learn your numbers . Not just the stats: XXIX means 29, but 8/8/8 means luck tripled in Chinese )the number 8 is a homonyn for the word "prosperity"(. Practice staring . Don't miss the action.

Brace yourselvesâ€"Maverick may be returning to the Top Gun academy. According to sources who aren't named )always a red flag(, Tom Cruise is considering a sequel to the action flick that co-starred Tom "Viper" Skerritt, Anthony "Goose" Edwards, Val "Ice Man" Kilmer, and lots of other alpha-males with cryptic call signs like Merlin, Hollywood, Slider, and Jester. Several articles picked up on the rumors and ran with 'em. Philly.

How far would you go for a good pedicure ? Somewhere in the Washington, D.C. area, women and men are slipping their feet into tanks of small carp and allowing the fish to nibble at their toes. Yes, nibble. A Virginia nail salon has sparked buzz by employing these " doctor fish " to eat the dead skin on clients' feet .  Whether searchers are intrigued or grossed out we can't say, but queries for the practice have leapt. Yesterday, we logged spikes in " fish pedicure ,

A massive number of new voters are expected at the polls on November 4. On that same day, many districts plan to roll out new ways of casting and recording ballots. Are U.S. polling stations ready for the party? In a wave of articles climbing the Buzz charts, many experts say no. The New York Times reports that the perfect storm of fresh-faced vote casters and untested voting methods may produce "long lines, stressed-out poll workers, and late tallies on Election Day.

Mrs. Peel, you're still needed... and wanted. Diana Rigg , who played the coolly delicious, leather-clad Emma Peel in the playful '60s British spy series " The Avengers ," turned 70 on Sunday. A birthday Search salute exploded: Lookups for the septugenarian surged a staggering 90,086%, landing her leather boots among the day's top 25 terms. That's more searches than Miley Cyrus with her new "Breakout" album, Britney Spears and her custody loss,

Countless articles were written about " The Dark Knight "'s weekend at the box office. But amid the bat-mania we noticed something else lurking within the Buzzâ€"a near across-the-board increase in lookups for actors from past Batman flicks. The biggest jump belonged to Jack Nicholson who played the Joker in the 1989 film, "Batman." Interest in the man with the sinister grin surged an impressive 461%.

What's better than humming along to your favorite tune? Singing along to it. With the actual words! You've been searching for song lyrics , and we've got the scoop on which words you long to belt out in the car, shower, or karaoke stage. We have to say, you're a rather romantic bunch. Many of these toe-tapping tunes are meant to get your hearts beating just a bit faster. )By the way, have you ever noticed that rain figures prominently in love songs?

The news that Starbucks will be closing 600 locations across the U.S. caused a legion of coffee drinkers to look up from their venti soy lattes and hit the Web. Since the notification went out, thousands of jittery patrons have driven queries for " starbucks closing ," " starbucks closures ," and " starbucks locations " up the Search charts. Local papers immediately sprang into action,

Swedish pop counterprogramming sounds like a good idea, but it's safe to say that " Mamma Mia! " )PG-13(â€"and the " DVD-destined " Space Chimps " )G( combinedâ€"won't have the throngs that a long-awaited, much-searched comic-book thriller will amass. In any other week, making the top 2,000 searches would be respectable, but a singing Meryl Streep  probably won't attract the disappointed dregs who couldn't score Batman tickets. Then again,

Throwing sand at the theory that says only the young and boyant have the right to wear bikinis, 63-year-old Oscar winner Helen Mirren recently rocked a red two-piece and set off a wave of Buzz. Searches on " helen mirren bikini " and " helen mirren photos " both surged into the triple digits and several blogs within the Buzz paid tribute. The Huffington Post notes that it's difficult to believe this is the same actress who played the Queen of England. Meanwhile,

In a recent blog post on Wired, Geekdad lists the top 10 things to remember while watching " The Dark Knight ." Among the run-down of pointers, he states emphatically: "No matter how hard you trained, or how much money you suddenly had, you couldn't become Batman." Not so, says University of Victoria professor E. Paul Zehr. The academic and martial artist has popped up on sources from NPR to Trendhunter with news of his upcoming book,

Inflation is a lot like a mob of angry mosquitosâ€"it's relentless, scary, and really, really annoying. Even worse, unlike mosquitos, no spraycan can keep inflation from biting you in the keister. Knowledge is humankind's only defense. We're seeing a growing number of searches from frustrated folks who, we can only assume, are tired of getting less for their money. News of inflation in the United States has been well publicized. Lookups on the term are up 20% this week.

All parents want their kids to be unique. But few expectant moms and dads are so rewarded as Florence and Stephan, a mixed-race couple who lives in Germany. Several days ago, Florence gave birth to a healthy set of twins. The boys, named Ryan and Leo, emerged in a glorious, and extremely rare, set of different skin colors â€"one boy is white and the other black. How unusual is this? Apparently, medical experts consider it a " one in a million occurrence .

Top Snub? Most Overlooked? Whatever the category is called, there needs to be something to address grievous wrongs. Quality nominees did make this year's 60th Primetime Emmys, but voters didn't even look down when it walked over the corpse outline of " The Wire ,"  possibly one of the finest shows in television history. By escaping Emmy notice for the fifth )and final( year in a row, the HBO drama may be one of the most wronged shows in tube times. Yes,

Feist , the singer-songwriter who sold a million iPods with her hit song 1234, is back in the Buzz after taping an appearance on Sesame Street . Bloggers, most of whom probably aren't regular viewers of the classic children's show, are gushing over the delightful video. TrendHunter notes that the clip is "officially moving quickly toward becoming viral, on its way to being huge." In the remixed version of the song,

Well, that didn't take long. The new iPhone 3G has been out just a few days and hackers have already figured out a way to unlock it. If you have to ask what "unlock" means, you're probably still playing "snake" on your brick-sized Nokia with the rotary dialer. But we'll explain anyway. The iPhone , though admired by many, is sometimes loathed because it is tied to one particular network )in this case, AT&T (. Hackers want to unlock the phone so it can work with any carrier,

Angelina Jolie isn't popular. She's way beyond that. When it comes to the " Wanted " star and mother of six, we need a new word for "popular"â€"a term that means "crushing, limitless, and white-hot obsession." Or something like it. Sure, her mega-wattage partner ups the ante. But lately, he has seemed almost  secondary. Yesterday, Jolie cracked the top 100 searches on Yahoo!. No other human came close to joining that list. Now,

Before this week, we'd bet that most people didn't have a clue what " FDIC " stood for. Not anymore. Interest in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has surged due to disturbing troubles in the banking industry. The FDIC is a government agency that guarantees banking accounts up to $100,000. The guarantee is supposed to put peoples' minds at ease, but apparently not everybody has faith. Searches on "fdic" jumped 168% and related searches on " fdic risk list ,

George Steinbrenner appeared in Yankee Stadium yesterday to an ovation from the All-Star crowd and a warm embrace from the old-timers on the field. The cameo was brief, and the big guy wore his shades the whole time. But where Steinbrenner goes, buzz is sure to followâ€"and last night was no different. In articles that climbed the Buzz charts, the New York Post described the Yankee owner's " weepy cameo " while The New York Times painted a picture filled with " hugs, kisses .