Oil does not “boil” – it bubbles at various temperatures.

A new study led by Michael Platt of the Duke University Medical Center found that male monkeys will give up extra juice to view pictures of female monkeys’ bottoms.

The number of movies the typical American watches in a given year is larger than the number of worship services he or she attends.

According to John Allen Paulos, there is a 98.2% chance that at least one of the molecules in your lungs came from Caesar’s last breath.

There are about 1,100 species of bats.

This article appears in February 4 • 2005.

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