In 1962, the U.S. conducted a staggering 105 nuclear tests, collectively titled Operation Dominic.
Almost 110,000 people have joined a Facebook group called “Jag är rädd för tjejen i Apolivareklamen”
(“I am scared of the girl in the Apoliva commercial”).
In Madagascar, half an hour is called “the time of a rice-cooking.”
In his famous 1492 voyage, Columbus rationed pickles to his sailors to keep them
from getting scurvy. He even grew cucumbers during a pit stop in Haiti to restock
for the rest of the voyage.
The military adopted dog tags after Pearl Harbor.
This article appears in December 18 • 2009.