Solar power was popular in Florida in the Twenties and
Thirties — until gas companies drove the technology out.

A “kenning” is a poetic comparison used in Old Norse and Old English
literature. A term like “swan road” or “seal’s field” could be used to describe
the sea.

Eleven U.S. presidents were named after their fathers.

According to The Salary Calculator at
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html if you make $30,000 a year in
Austin, Texas then you would need to make $35,849 in Seattle, Washington.

The Romans discovered how to make smoked cheese.

This article appears in July 26 • 1996 and July 26 • 1996 (Cover).

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