The French didn’t give women the right to vote until 1944.

NASA is thinking about a human mission to a near-Earth asteroid, gauging the scientific merit while testing out spacecraft gear and mastering techniques that could be useful if a space rock ever took aim for our planet.

It was Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham who started having lead singer Jagger call himself “Mick” rather than “Mike.”

Tampons contain dioxin, a chemical used in bleaching the products, but which can also destroy body cells. The tampon industry is convinced that women need bleached white products in order to view the product as pure and clean.

The smallest perceptual time unit in music is called the “tatum” in honor of incomparable jazz pianist Art Tatum.

This article appears in December 15 • 2006.

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