The Guardian today, picking up on a paper in Nature, reports that scientists have calculated that there are more than “3tn” trees on Earth. The “3tn” means three trillion. What does “trillion” mean in British English? Did they give up on that “billion”-means-“trillion”/“trillion”-means-“quintillion” nonsense yet? Whew, yes. There are more than 3,000,000,000,000 trees.

St. Louis Public Radio is uploading, section by section, all the grand jury evidence released to the public by St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch—including testimony, forensic evidence, medical reports, and witness interviews.

"Trayvon Martin Had Drugs in System, Autopsy Found," ABC News tweeted yesterday afternoon. This was not, strictly speaking, true — Martin had a single drug in his system — and even then it's a bit misleading: the "drug" in question is the chemical THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.

Someone in the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse (or NYPD) has a thing for used boxer shorts.

Police suspect Steven Spader, 18, in a gruesome New Hampshire machete murder. Partly because they found a wallet connected to the victims in a bag with a sweatshirt bearing the writing "This is Steve's sweatshirt. Steve who is awesome." [AP]

The blowout preventer that failed to prevent a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is at a NASA facility being examined as evidence in the forthcoming Gulf oil spill trial. The rig's owner, Transocean wants to "examine" it first.

Last night, the blowout preventer that failed to prevent the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, was retrieved and handed over to FBI investigators. Some documents suggest a dead battery in the device could be partially responsible for the leak.

FBI agents are waiting on board a ship for BP's blowout preventer to be pulled up later today in the Gulf of Mexico.

"I'm a natural sceptic," a British-born web publisher says to explain his recent Tweets expressing doubt about the validity of the science behind climate change. Coincidentally, that's the same argument used by everyone who prefers conspiracy theories to science.

Yale murder suspect Raymond Clark—charged yesterday with killing Annie Le and hiding her body—is looking guiltier than ever, if you believe anonymous sources that leak to the media. Clark's DNA was a match, allegedly. Plus: An accomplice?

Bernie Madoff, who was able to evade the SEC while stealing billions of dollars for decades, did not have a high opinion of the SEC's investigative capabilities. For some reason! A 2005 phone transcript proves: Bernie was a comfortable crook.

In the event you or someone you know happens to be one of the jaded naysayers who still doesn't believe that Barack Obama is actually Adolf Hitler, this website should dispel any lingering doubts. [ObamaIsLiterallyHitler]

Awesome news, everyone: you can make anyone you want be born anywhere you want, in case you need to prove that your boss is not A Natural Born Citizen or something. [Republic of Kenya Birth Certificate Generator via The Awl]