The Eiffel Tower is lighter than the cylinder of air that circumscribes its contours.

The snowblower was invented by Arthur Sicard, a Montreal-area farm boy turned entrepreneur.

Despite urban myth, the characters in Scooby Doo are not based on the five-college system of Amherst, Mass. Instead, according to one former Scooby Doo writer, the characters were inspired by The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis – Fred was based on Dobie, Shaggy on Maynard, Velma on Zelda, and Daphne on Thalia.

Peter Fong of Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania spent years analyzing the effects of Prozac on clams.

A recent Xinhua news report stated that more than three million Chinese people drink their own urine because they believe it strengthens their immune systems.

This article appears in July 13 • 2001.

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