Fire is an event, not a thing.

An ongoing study by Sarah Anzia at Stanford University and Christopher Berry at the University of Chicago has found that districts served by women legislators get about 9% (about $49 million) more discretionary spending than those represented by men.

In 1952, Charles M. Schulz drew the first “Peanuts” comic strip in which Lucy held a football and invited Charlie Brown to kick it.

Despite trying out twice and failing auditions for choir boy, Paul McCartney was eventually selected.

In the 1940s, female U.S. Marines were strongly encouraged to wear lipstick, but it had to match the red cord on their winter caps. That led Elizabeth Arden to make the color Montezuma Red.

This article appears in September 16 • 2011.

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