A recent survey found that skin whiteners are now so popular in some parts of Asia that four out of 10 women use them.

A horse is a piece of displaced rock found between the walls of a fault line.

Following the assassination of Robert Kennedy, Charlton Heston became one of several entertainers to advocate for stronger controls on gun sales. As a result, Congress passed the 1968 Gun Control Act, the most sweeping gun-control measure ever enacted into law.

Of all the various societies known to exist, those that practice polygamy outnumber those that practice monogamy.

In 1972, Jerry Lewis worked on The Day the Clown Cried, a film about a clown who’s sent to Auschwitz after a drunken impersonation of Hitler. The film was never released.

Four out of every five animals on earth are nematode worms.

This article appears in July 28 • 2006.

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