Would I lie to you?

Lies good like Big Tobacco would: America’s largest tobacco companies are asking a court to set aside its requirement that they run ads that admit they lied about the dangers of smoking. They told the court they don’t want to pay for ads that brand them as liars.

The court compromised and said they could use the following slogans instead: “I’d walk a mile for a chemo treatment;” “Come to where (hack) the (cough) flavor (wheeze) is;” “I’d rather fight heart disease than switch” and “L.S.M.F.T. means Look, Someone Must Face the Truth.”

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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: It’s the season finale of “MasterChef Junior” with two young cooks facing off for $100,000.

And no one is happier to see the final episode than host Gordon Ramsay, who has had to keep a lid on his expletives in front of the kids the entire time.

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued an edict that outlined the calendar now in use.

With just a few dollars in checking until he got paid on March 1, Gregory lopped three days off February so he could float a check.

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