I didn't know this

In 1997, NASA was sued by three Yemeni men who claimed that they owned the planet Mars, and had the documents to prove it.

"We inherited the planet from our ancestors 3,000 years ago," they told the weekly Arabic-language newspaper Al-Thawri, which published the report Thursday.

Thanks to Jeopardy for the pointer.

Posted by Ted at May 19, 2004 05:35 AM | TrackBack