Alfred Hitchcock’s last cameo in his last film (Family Plot) is a silhouette through the door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths.

The USS Abraham Lincoln‘s flight deck has an area of 4.5 acres, and the ship can generate enough electricity for 100,000 homes.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has tested a “viral smart bomb” therapy that can completely eradicate brain tumors in mice, while leaving normal brain tissue alone. Known as Delta24RGD, the therapy may be the first treatment for malignant glioma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.

The planet Neptune undergoes seasonal changes. The gaseous giant is just beginning a 40-year summer in its northern hemisphere.

Delaware’s former state tourism slogan, the cryptic “Delaware, Small Wonder,” has been replaced by the catchier “Delaware, Home of Tax-Free Shopping.”

This article appears in June 27 • 2003.

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