Despite their name, roads need not cross state lines to be designated as interstate highways.
A demijohn is a wicker-covered wine bottle.
Filipino innovator Manuel R. Dono has recently invented a grill that emits almost no smoke. The device, called Dr. Grilla Coal Grill, contains concave grids that catch dripping oil or water and channel them to a container, therefore preventing smoke.
Because soda water was first taken as a medicine, soda fountains were located in drug stores. Sale of soda, considered by some religions to be as powerful as liquor, was banned on Sundays.
If the DNA in a single cell could be stretched out, it would be six feet long.
This article appears in March 1 • 2002.