Armadillos are the only mammals in which multiple young form from a single egg with any regularity.
The Budweiser Clydesdale Stables at Grant’s Farm, in St. Louis, is home to approximately 35 Clydesdale mares, stallions, and foals.
Electric companies often “celebrate” Valentine’s Day by dealing with the many power interruptions and outages caused by drifting metallic balloons.
From 1953 to 1958, baseball’s Cincinnati Reds called themselves the Redlegs to avoid suspicion of Communist sympathies.
Sigma Octantis is the South Star, but unlike its northern counterpart, it is small and faint. To find their way around, folks rely on Crux, the Southern Cross, whose longer bar points almost precisely toward the south pole.
This article appears in September 19 • 2003.