The birth name of former U.S. President Gerald Ford was Leslie Lynch King Jr.

In 1939, Dr. Seuss released The Seven Lady Godivas, considered his first novel for adults. It tells the story of seven 11th-century Lady Godivas – sisters sworn not to marry their beaus, the seven Peeping brothers, until each of them discovers a scientific truth about horses.

Gamma ray bursts were first observed during the Cold War when Western researchers thought that they might be the product of Soviet nuclear tests on the moon or on other planets.

Penguins can actually run as fast or faster than most humans.

Alcohol and calculus don’t mix. Don’t drink and derive.

This article appears in January 21 • 2005.

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