Doris Day declined an offer to play Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.

In 2010, Amtrak launched a yearlong test to see whether biodiesel made from beef byproducts could efficiently run the Heartland Flyer passenger train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, while reducing emissions. The results: Air emissions were below EPA limits for this generation of locomotive.

Eyjafjallajökull is a cone-shaped ice cap in south Iceland that covers an active volcano.

According to some beer historians, traditional English ale was made solely from malt – hops were introduced from the Netherlands in the early 15th century.

Male weedy seadragons carry the developing eggs of their young under their tails for about six weeks.

This article appears in March 30 • 2018.

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