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Fast facts: The art of mapmaking is older than the art of writing. The "rag" in the world of fruit is the white fibrous membrane inside the skin and around the sections of the citrus fruit. There are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in one megabyte. One byte is eight bits. Half a byte is called a "nybble." Rugby, N.D., is the geographical center of North America. The average life expectancy of a queen bee is six years; a worker bee lives for six months, and a drone lives for just eight weeks.

 

On this date: In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. In 1841, New York City's Napoleon Guerin patented the cork life preserver, a jacket filled with 18 to 20 quarts of grated cork. In 1875, Philadelphia native Dr. William G. Arlington Bonwill patented the dental mallet, which was used to impact gold into cavities. In 1901, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Henry Fournier drove a mile in 51 4/5 seconds, making him the first auto racer to drive over a mile-a-minute in competition. In 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state in the United States.