In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space.

Sixty percent of all Puritan women who got married were already pregnant on their wedding day.

There are people at the Los Angeles Times who are reporting on whether or not Bert and Ernie (Sesame Street) are gay. Conclusion: They’re just friends.

Repoussé is a form of art – working a pattern into metal. The artist hammers or presses the pattern into the metal from the reverse side of that which will be displayed.

The vontsira, a feisty, cat-sized creature from Madagascar, is the first new species of carnivorous mammal to be discovered in 24 years.

This article appears in November 12 • 2010.

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