According to Yale University’s Dan A. Oren, M.D., people suffering from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) have lower nighttime levels of bilirubin in their blood.

Adam West used to host a morning show in Honolulu called The Bikini Popo Show. His co-host was a chimpanzee.

Child car seats were first manufactured in the 1950s.

“Ballin’ the jack” in train lingo means “going full speed out.” A jack is a little mechanical switch on a track that consists of a metal pole with an arm pivoting on top of it that has a ball on its side.

Albert Einstein was known to have temper tantrums as a child, and threw things at his sister Maja.

This article appears in March 29 • 2002.

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