In the last year, David Bowie lost £30 million on Bowiebanc.com

Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for the love of his life, Mumtaz, who died while giving birth. Nearly 400 years later, such deaths remain a serious issue in India, where a mother dies about every five minutes due to pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications.

Assyrian and Chaldean Americans both claim descent from the original civilizations of Mesopotamia, and have gone to court over the U.S. Census Bureau’s decision to lump them together as Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac.

Queen Elizabeth II has loved corgis since she was given a bitch called Susan on her 18th birthday.

The human brain is 60% fat.

This article appears in May 18 • 2001.

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