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Fast facts: Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air Of all the ore dug in diamond mines, only one carat in every 23 tons proves to be a diamond. The strongest bone in the body, the thigh bone, is hollow. It has a greater pressure tolerance and bearing strength than a rod of equivalent size in cast steel. Spiders never spin webs in structures made of chestnut wood. Gamblers in ancient Greece made dice from the ankle-bones and shoulder blades of sheep.

 

On this date: In 1887, Socialist demonstrators rioted at London's Trafalgar Square in what was the first "Bloody Sunday." In 1907, the first helicopter to achieve free flight carrying a man, designed by Paul Cornu, rose 6 feet above the ground at Lisieux, France. In 1913, the first modern elasticized brassiere was patented in the United States by its inventor, Mary Phelps Jacob. In 1927, the Holland Tunnel, connecting New York City to Jersey City, N.J., opened to traffic after seven years of construction and over $48 million. In 1940, Walt Disney's new film, "Fantasia," was released to the public. Despite Disney's wish to unite classical music with animation, the critics hated it and the public was confused by its format.

 

Quotable... "We're just being tested one more time and we're going pass this test, too." -New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on yesterday's American Airlines plane crash outside of Kennedy International Airport in New York.