There’s someone listed in the Pell City, Ala., phone directory as Lights Harbor.

Harvard researchers found introducing TV to remote parts of Fiji resulted in eating disorders of teen girls. In 1995, there were no girls who self-induced vomiting to control their weight. Three years after introducing TV, the figure had reached 11%.

When they first started in Austin, Domino’s Pizza used only Volkswagen Beetles for its delivery cars.

The mint family includes anise hyssop, basil, germander, lavender, lemon balm, oregano, rosemary, sage, savory, summer savory, sweet marjoram, and thyme.

Cockroaches can change course as many as 25 times in one second.

This article appears in July 19 • 2002.

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