In recent years, researchers discovered that Mount Everest is 300 feet shorter than previously thought.

Fluorescent monkeys could hold the key to future research into genetic diseases, according to the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center. They hope to splice the gene that makes jellyfish glow into a monkey embryo.

Sam Houston liked opium. In fact, he shared some with Santa Ana.

The autograph of baseball legend “Shoeless” Joe Jackson is one of the most highly prized among collectors because the lifetime .356 hitter couldn’t write.

President Clinton has signed an executive order exempting “Area 51” from environmental laws.

This article appears in October 8 • 1999.

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