Suspend disbelief and assume this is true, then:

It would be kind of creepy that the guy died at an age that is a factor of 2, specifically 2^8. Does that mean the metaphoical counter on human life only goes up to 8 bits (think binary)?

That would quite interesting!

yeah, the ring finger paralysis thing... you have to try to lift *only* your ring finger. its easy if you lift the other 3 first.

the title of this article reminded me of a Yakov Smirnoff joke.

I wonder if this would work in a kitty litter box? It seems to depend on water, but a product that kept cat litter box smell contained would be great. no matter what product exists, the smell seems to waft out of the little closet :(