Elephantine Road in Egypt is the world’s oldest known highway.
Male rats are among the most notorious animals for quickies — an average three seconds or less. According to one rat owner, they spend a great deal more time cleaning their genitals immediately after sex than they do performing the act.
The Continental Congress paid Paul Revere $32 for his midnight ride.
According to one source, in ancient Egypt, when a man died, all of the women in his family would run throught the town naked, covered with mud, while they beat themselves.
You lose about 100 strands of hair a day.
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This article appears in September 5 • 1997 and September 5 • 1997 (Cover).