Climate change is threatening Ohio’s iconic buckeye trees (Aesculus glabra).

Just six years ago, tuition at the University of California was $5,357. Tuition is currently $12,192. According to current proposals, it will be $22,068 by 2015-2016.

Most people forget that author Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) was killed by a drunk driver. On Aug. 11, 1949, she was crossing Atlanta’s Peachtree Street, which she had made famous in her book, going to the theatre with her husband. The driver, Hugh D. Gravitt, was going 50 mph in a 25-mph zone.

The 200th birthday of Charles Dickens is Feb. 7, 2012.

According to chef Rowley Leigh, quince is the only fruit that must be cooked to be edible.

This article appears in December 9 • 2011.

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