What are the odds? BookofOdds.com will tell you.

Ever wonder what the odds are that you’ll get struck by lightening or win the lottery? BookofOdds.com can let you know. According to the site:

“For over three years we have been building what we believe is the missing dictionary, one filled not with words, but with numbers – the odds of everyday life. It contains hundreds of thousands of Odds Statements, from the odds of being the only one to survive a plane crash, to the odds of having a heart attack, to the odds of having ever eaten cold pizza for breakfast.”

Simply visit the site and type in your odds inquiry to receive a list of possibilities. The site also provides a variety of articles with interesting statistics and other number related items.

Visit BookofOdds.com to test it out.

Read the Classics for Free!

Want to read some of the world famous classic stories, but don’t want to buy them? At Project Gutenberg you can find over 28000 classic books in electronic form. You can find such great stories as (the number after the title is the number downloads over the last 7 days):

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1724)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1185)
History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard (1182)
Ulysses by James Joyce (994)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (972)
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by Leonardo da Vinci (917)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (899)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (835)
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (796)
The Marvelous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum (646)
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (637)
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (630)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (617)

The books are available in a variety of formats including PDF, HTML, Text, and formats that can be read on your Smartphone or any reader that takes these formats. You can even download audio versions.

Be sure to read the information about use and distribution of the books. The books are in the public domain in the United States, but you’ll want to check the rights if you live in a different country. The books are free to use, but not necessarily free for you to distribute to others.

To learn more, get books or even get involved with the project, visit Project Gutenberg.

Your News, Your Way with Topicfire

If you’re a news junkie wanting up-to-the-minute news on your favorite topics, you need to check out Topicfire. While your regular RSS feeds provide you with current news, Topicfire delivers news in real time.

Simply choose the topics you want current news on:

Then check the news! You’ll hear a little bleep, each time your news feed is updated. Or subscribe to your topic-feed’s Twitter or Facebook feeds.

Discounts on the Best Stuff to Do, See, Eat, and Buy in your City

One of the best ways to get a discount is to buy in bulk. With that idea in mind, Groupon has created a site in which people can get big discounts by buying in a group. The best part is that Groupon finds the deals and puts together the group. When members see a deal they want to take advantage of, they “buy” in. If enough people indicate they want in as well, members are billed and sent a Groupon. Business are guaranteed a minimum of customers while the customers get a great deal. Its a win-win.

The types of deals you’ll find vary and include things like $20 for $50 worth of groceries, $20 for a $40 meal at a restaurant, and $45 for $100 worth of apparel.

The downside is that Groupon is only available in 52 major cities throughout the U.S. If you don’t live near a major city, you’re out of luck. However, Groupon does take suggestions and indicates that it will target cities that it receives the most inquiries about.

To learn more, visit Groupon

Considering Cosmetic Surgery? Preview Your “After” Look

Its been done with hairstyles and now with cosmetic surgery. You can now upload a “before” photo and see the results (“after”) of cosmetic procedures by visiting Liftmagic.com. Simply upload a photo from your computer, and then use sliding buttons to show various types of changes from brow lifts, lip augmentation, wrinkle removing, neck lift and more. You can email or share your results with others as well.

Visit Liftmagic.com to test it out yourself.