There are 16 “major” candidates in the 2008 presidential race, but there are plenty more “minor” candidates. The only requirements, after all, are that you be a natural-born US citizen over 35 years old. You don’t even have to be a registered voter. mental_floss has 12 Presidential Candidates to Keep Your Eye On. I can’t decide which is my favorite: the self-proclaimed princess, the fugitive campaigning from his exile in Italy (he can’t vote, but he was on the New Hampshire ballot), the homeless woman running to encourage the use of clotheslines, or the vampire. And those aren’t even the strangest!

Yeah, I wrote this article. I’m not above shameless self-promotion.