Cadbury Chocolate recently ran an ad in India comparing the disputed Kashmir region to chocolate with the tag line “too good to share.”

Actor Carroll O’Connor didn’t wear a wedding band in All in the Family.

Handel wrote a hymn in 1748 referring to “light years” and “interstellar space.”

Female lions prefer male lions with darker manes, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.

Ragweed generally grows in disturbed soil (e.g., tilled agricultural fields, construction sites). Ecologists consider ragweed a pioneer plant for its ability to invade vacant soils or soils that cannot support other vegetation.

This article appears in September 13 • 2002.

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