The world’s 500 richest people, according to UN statistics, have as much income as the world’s poorest 416 million.

Austin Glass and Mirror ranked 45th out of 50 nationally in gross sales for 2004, according to Glass Magazine. They were 50th in 2003.

On a per-acre basis, Laysan Island may be the extinction capital of the U.S. Fourteen of its endemic species – including the Laysan rail, Laysan honeycreeper, and Laysan millerbird – are now extinct. The Laysan duck and Laysan finch survive, but are endangered.

In The Gift of Scripture, the Roman Catholic Church says some parts of the Bible are not actually true.

Bamboo bicycles are all the rage.

This article appears in November 11 • 2005.

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