Athletes can be at a higher risk of stress fracture because they can lose calcium through their sweat.

The Taliban declare anyone who admits to the possibility that men walked on the moon to be an infidel.

Robert Todd Lincoln, the president’s oldest son, was at his father’s side when he passed away. Years later, he was about to meet President James A. Garfield, when Garfield was assassinated. And as Lincoln entered the Pan-American Exposition Hall in Buffalo, N.Y., President William McKinley was assassinated.

According to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, duct tape isn’t so good for sealing ducts.

In 1893, Clark Stanley claimed to use snakes to manufacture his snake oil cure-all for pain. In 1917, tests of the liniment showed it to contain mineral oil, fatty oil (beef rather than rattlesnake), red pepper, and traces of turpentine and camphor.

This article appears in November 30 • 2001.

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