The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent
Roberts.

The starling is the most abundant bird in North America. Every one of them
descends from the few birds released in New York’s Central Park in 1890 by
Eugene Schieffelin.

Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci was the brother of Simonetta Vespucci, model for
Boticelli’s “Venus.”

U.S. patent 4,610,039 relates to a waste container to be held in the hand for
the collection of liquid waste, primarily stomach contents thrown up at attacks
of vomiting.

The film Dangerous Minds, was released as My Posse Don’t Do Homework
in
Britain.

This article appears in July 19 • 1996 and July 19 • 1996 (Cover).

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