The brontosaurus never existed. Everything labeled as brontosaurus should be apatosaurus (which ironically means “deceptive reptile”).

One of the changes that happened in the evolution from Latin to the Romance languages was the shift from the Classical Latin W to V. In Classical Latin, the /w/ sound was represented by the letter V which was named the letter U.

Raquel Welch was a weather forecaster at KFMB in San Diego.

By the time of the American Revolution, a sizable Moroccan Muslim community had developed at Charleston, S.C. Worried about being confused for slaves and therefore being denied rights, they petitioned the courts to be recognized as white. A tribunal of judges agreed, and the state legislature passed the Moors Sundry Act in 1790.

The Beatles liked to play Monopoly and poker.

This article appears in March 6 • 2015.

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