Cheez Whiz removes grease from clothes.

The share of female politicians around the world reached a record high of almost 17% in 2006 – up nearly six percentage points during the past decade.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic grant immediate divorce to foreign nationals.

When the Rev. Jim Jones orchestrated the mass suicide in 1978 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana, he used cyanide-laced Fla-Vor-Ade, not Kool-Aid as is widely believed.

The first name of every female performer in the Country Music Hall of Fame ends in a vowel.

This article appears in May 25 • 2007.

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