To reduce greenhouse gasses, some well-intentioned, ecologically oriented citizens are heating their homes with special corn-burning stoves instead of using natural gas or oil. However, critics contend that more gasoline is spent to grow the corn than the energy delivered to heat the houses.

Richard Dawson, of Hogan’s Heroes and Family Feud fame, once recorded a psychedelic single entitled “Apples and Oranges.”

Diana Ross’ five children are Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein, Tracee Joy Silberstein, Chudney Silberstein, Ross Arne Naess, and Evan Olaf Naess.

A zebra can be trained to pull a plow.

The oldest specimens in the world of the rock known as Archaean gneiss are found in Wester Ross, Scotland, and are believed to be 20,000 million years old.

This article appears in March 28 • 2003.

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