According to Hallmark, 26 million Halloween cards will be exchanged this
year.
The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5
inches. The odd yet precise distance derives from the original specification
for an Imperial Roman army war chariot.
Autopsy comes from a Greek word meaning “to see for one’s self.”
Rin Tin Tin made more than 40 films in his nine-year career, received 10,000
fan letters a week, and earned $1 million in his lifetime.
Ghosts in Japan are mostly female and can cause death, unlike most western
ghosts.
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the newspaper;
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This article appears in November 1 • 1996 and November 1 • 1996 (Cover).