Buddy Miles, who played drums in Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gyp­sys, was also the lead voice of the California Raisins.

According to writer Adam Goodheart, by the mid-1850s, talk of a “beard movement” was sweeping the nation.

The first film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was shot in three days at Edison Studios in 1910. It’s 12 minutes long.

Only 50% of a McNugget is actually chicken. The other 50% includes corn derivatives, sugars, leavening agents, and completely synthetic ingredients.

When economists say gold is at a record high, they need to adjust for inflation. In October, Ryan Chittum of the Columbia Journalism Review noted the epidemic of supposed record prices and urged the media to stop. The actual record was set 30 years ago, when the price of gold, in today’s dollars, hit $2,318 an ounce. The recent peak was about $1,409.

This article appears in December 3 • 2010.

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