Brownie Wise, the brains behind the rise of Tupperware, was buried in a custom Tupperware coffin.

People from Warsaw are known as Varsovians.

Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play major league baseball, also held a national track record and played pro basketball. As a basketball player, he was the first to dunk the ball into the basket, according to John Isaacs, an old-time player.

Every year, five Australians will call 000 (the emergency number, equivalent to 911) because they got stuck on the toilet.

Fourteen percent of American adults can’t find an intersection on a map, total a deposit slip, or determine the correct dose of a medication, according to author David K. Shipler.

This article appears in March 5 • 2004.

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