For many Brazilian teens, a visit to Orlando, Fla., is a rite of passage.

At age 6, Sophia Loren’s chin was cut by shrapnel during a bombing in World War II.

While Thomas Jefferson was U.S. vice president and president, he was also president of the American Philosophical Society, the nation’s oldest scientific society, which was founded by the great American scientist Ben Franklin.

There are three known Wilson prime numbers: 5, 13, and 563. The fourth is believed to be greater than 20 billion although there are an infinite number of them.

The Transportation Security Administration made $765,000 from your loose change in 2015.

This article appears in July 15 • 2016.

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