LBJ liked Fresca. He didn’t like the color purple.

Radiohead used to go by the name On a Friday.

In the United States, we spend $11 billion a year on air conditioning. A 2014 study at Arizona State University showed that waste heat from air conditioner units increased outside temperatures by nearly two degrees Fahrenheit.

According to art historian Thierry Lenain, before Michelangelo was a household name, he began his career forging ancient Roman sculpture. He created a new sculpture out of marble, then intentionally broke it, buried it in a garden, and dug it up, declaring it to be a lost Roman antique.

Giraffes like lettuce.

This article appears in August 28 • 2015.

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