The most common last words of the dying are: “Mother” or
“Mommy.”

Euroscientists are measuring the olf ratings of British office workers (olf
means the “odour emitted by a `standard’ European person”). Athletes give off
about 20 olfs, and smokers give off about six olfs. Kids give off more olfs,
generally, than adults.

More than 345 billion Oreo cookies have been consumed to date.

In 1853, William Shanks calculated pi to 707 places for a world record at the
time. In 1945, D.F. Ferguson calculated pi to 530 places and discovered that
Shanks had made a mistake in the 528th place.

Humans share 98.5 percent DNA in common with the gorilla.

This article appears in October 18 • 1996 and October 18 • 1996 (Cover).

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