Time magazine reports the McRib at McDonald’s contains small amounts of ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, plus azod�i�carbonamide – a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used to manufacture foamed plastics for gym mats and the soles of shoes.

The Hokey Pokey may or may not have evolved from the Hokey Cokey.

Moshe Dayan, Foreign Minister of Israel in the 1970s, was once mentioned in an episode of Sanford and Son.

Richard Blechynden of the Indian Tea Commission came up with the idea for serving iced tea at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. The sweltering temperatures made his booth the most popular at the fair.

Ringo Starr likes science fiction.

This article appears in November 11 • 2011.

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