Researchers at the Univ. of Toronto have found that eating a lot more mashed potatoes may be a way to help you improve your memory. The reason: Mashed potatoes contain a high amount of glucose, which may help memory because it aids in the production of acetylcholine.

A fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

The mayflower (Cardamine pratensis), also known as the cuckoo flower and meadow cress, brightens up the month of May in ditches and damp grassy places. The flowers are also known as Our Lady’s Smock in Cheshire, England, because when they cover a field they give the appearance of little smocks laid out to dry.

According to urban legend (or rather rural legend), when turkeys move into a new area, they immediately chase off the grouse.

William Bradford, first governor of the Plymouth colony, was re-elected 30 times.

This article appears in November 29 • 2002.

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