They like to put mayonnaise on lobster in Australia.

William Faulkner covered the 1955 Kentucky Derby for Sports Illustrated. He failed to mention the winner’s name.

Cows have pretty bad eyesight. But buffaloes can see all the way to the horizon.

James Buchanan (1791-1868) was the first gay U.S. president. It was openly
known that he was having a relationship with Alabama Sen. William Rufus King.
King was elected vice president under Franklin Pierce but became ill and died
shortly after Pierce’s inauguration. Buchanan became president four years later.

The word “information” first appeared in 1387. Some say that it is the 22nd most common word online. That’s a lot better than a 1967 survey of contemporary American English, which ranked the word 346th.

This article appears in May 13 • 2011.

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