>A CAR master is lingo for Computer Assisted Reporting
guru.

It is illegal to spit, carry live animals, eat, drink, smoke, or operate
cellular technology on the Washington, D.C. subway.

The kid on the Encyclopedia Britannica ads of a few years back — the one who
keeps interrupting the announcer — is the son of famed adman and humorist Stan
Freberg, who created the ad.

The Ford Motor Company failed to sell the Pinto in Brazil because “pinto” is
slang there for “tiny male genitals.” Ford changed the name to “corcel,” which
means “horse” in Portuguese.

Stella, a cheese company in Lena, Wisconsin, produces 80 percent of the world’s
mozzarella.

This article appears in October 4 • 1996 and October 4 • 1996 (Cover).

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