It’s common for pregnant women to dream they’ve given birth to an animal.

According to a report by the New York Post, Winston Churchill’s parrot is still alive. Charlie, a 104-year-old blue and gold female macaw, lives in southeast England and likes to curse Hitler.

According to one former medic, one way to tell if you have a fever without a thermometer is to close your eyes and with your eyelids down, try to roll your eyes around and up. If you feel pain in your eyes, there’s a good chance you have a fever.

The official motto for mechanics at Mazda service stations is “Ikkai (One Time), Kakujitsu (Complete Surely), Shuri (Repair).”

Federal tax receipts as a share of national income are now at their lowest level since 1950. So says Paul Krugman.

This article appears in February 6 • 2004.

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