Osama bin Laden is left-handed.

Zebras are black with white stripes.

Want to know how important it is for record companies to promote prior releases? In 1993, the Beatles represented 40% of Capitol Records’ entire revenue.

The “black boxes” often referred to on aircraft are actually orange.

In 1989, the average age of cars in the U.S. was 6.5 years. By 2000 (despite the economic boom of the late 1990s and the surge in demand for brand new SUVs, the average age had risen to 8.3 years.

This article appears in January 11 • 2002.

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