In the first move toward phasing out part of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-California) “Green the Capitol” program, polystyrene cups were recently reintroduced as an option for coffee drinkers
in the Capitol Carry-Out, the building’s minicafeteria.

An orchidometer is a device used to measure the size of testicles.

Supplying clean water to the population of Congo would cost about 100 Tomahawk missiles.

According to the American Journal of Epidemiology, despite the high level of spending on health care in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and markers of disease than their English counterparts at all ages.

The late Liz Taylor didn’t open her eyes until she was 10 days old.

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