Smoking may increase a man’s risk of impotence by almost 40%.

Transport for London figures for 2003 reveal that men make almost 75% of bike journeys in London. Men also travel more on the Tube than women.

George Harrison liked cucumber sandwiches.

Sakae Shibusawa and his team of scientists at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have successfully extracted gasoline from cow dung. The process involves adding several unspecified metal catalysts and applying high pressure and heat.

Abraham Lincoln never slept in the Lincoln bedroom of the White House.

This article appears in June 30 • 2006.

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