Tom Magliozzi, half of the popular NPR Click and Clack Tappet Brothers dead at 77 due to Alzheimer’s. ODD advice from Tom, “How do you know your mechanic is any good?” Answer, “By the size of his boat.” The loud, infectious laugh is gone.

Today, we give an ODD nod to the war against speciesism , as we report the death of the legendary American Thoroughbred race horse Cigar who passed on to that great paddock in the sky. In 195 and 1996 he won 16 consecutive races against topnotch competition. During his career he earned over $9 million…