Creole is the third most popular language in Miami.

In April 2001, the top search engine query for “Carol Brady maiden name” coincided with airing of the $1 million question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. The answer is Tyler and her previous married name was Martin.

Actor Sean Connery’s previous jobs included coffin polisher, lifeguard, and milkman.

It would take a person more than 15,000 years to turn a light switch on and off a trillion times.

One theory is that General Tso’s chicken was actually invented in the mid-Seventies in NYC by a Chef Peng. His restaurant on E. 44th was perhaps the first to serve it.

This article appears in January 25 • 2002.

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