Marilyn Monroe got pregnant while filming Some Like It Hot.
Some cooks believe food items cooked with wine or liquor will be nonalcoholic because alcohol evaporates quickly when heated. However, a 1992 study found some of the alcohol remains: after one hour of baking or simmering 25% remains, and 10% after two hours.
The “Carbon Footprint of Spam” study found that one spam message produces the equivalent of 0.3 grams of CO2.
In the 17th century, sailors found that a simple noose set on deck with a few dried biscuits as bait was enough to trap a bird called a booby – hence the phrase “booby trap.”
Kamikaze pilots didn’t wear helmets; they wore flight caps.
This article appears in May 4 • 2012.