The Popsicle was invented by accident in 1905 by 11-year-old Frank Epperson. He called it the “Epsicle.”

Spider brains are large and complicated. They are so large they can’t even fill just the head; a part of them fills the thorax.

There are 13 words in the English language that end in “dous”: amadous, apodous, decapodous, hazardous, horrendous, iodous, nodous, nonhazardous, palladous, stupendous, tremendous, ultrahazardous, vanadous.

Marines may roll up their sleeves while wearing desert camouflage uniforms in noncombat environments, as long as sleeves are rolled with the inside out, forming a roll about three inches wide, and terminating at a point about two inches above the elbow.

John Quincy Adams liked to skinny dip in the Potomac River.

This article appears in July 22 • 2016.

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