According to a study at the University of Leicester, one in five Spaniards is a descendant of a forcibly converted Spanish Jew.
There are some parts of India where landlords won’t rent prospective tenants an apartment unless they are vegetarian.
In North America, the most common verbal commands for oxen include “gee” for a turn to the right and “haw” for a turn to the left. Oxen are usually castrated adult male cattle.
When Gandhi began his peaceful resistance campaign, an enraged Winston Churchill said that he “ought to be lain bound hand and foot at the gates of Delhi and then trampled on by an enormous elephant with the new Viceroy seated on its back.”
Tater Tots were invented in 1953 as a way to use french fry scraps.
This article appears in October 22 • 2010.