During World War II, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers merged into the Phil-Pitt Steagles.

Two U.S. presidents, Zachary Taylor and Ulysses S. Grant, both lived in Brownsville, Texas.

The words “reviewuate” and “medireview” can be found in Internet searches due to a feature in Yahoo! e-mail software designed to prevent hackers from spreading viruses. Reviewuate should be “evaluate” and medireview should be “medieval.”

Jay Livingston, who co-wrote “Mona Lisa” (made popular by Nat King Cole) and “Que Sera Sera” (made popular by Doris Day), also co-wrote the theme songs for Mr. Ed and Bonanza. His voice can be heard singing the Mr. Ed song, “A horse is a horse, of course, of course …”

Male Chapin’s free-tail bats (Tadarida chapini) from Africa sport punk-like hairdos.

This article appears in August 23 • 2002.

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