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Fast facts: In the United States, sales of used household merchandise are called rummage sales while in Britain, they're called jumble sales. The Virgin Mary, with 10 covers under her belt, is the most frequently displayed female on the cover of Time magazine. On international license plates, Spain is represented by the letter "E" for "Espa–a." Chocolate manufacturers use 40 percent of the world's almonds. The Mormon leader Brigham Young had 27 wives.

 

On this date: In 1703, a two-day "Great Storm" raged throughout southern England, flooding the Thames and Severn rivers and killing at least 8,000 people. In 1716,the first lion to be exhibited in the United States, then a British colony, was seen in Boston. In 1825, the United States' first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1832, a horse-drawn streetcar was used for the first time to carry passengers in the United States. It was introduced in New York City on Fourth Avenue between Prince Street and 14th Street. In 1860, a newspaper print of recently elected President Abraham Lincoln showed the beginnings of a beard.

 

Quotable... "These are exciting preliminary results." - Dr. Robert P. Lanza, one of the researchers at Advanced Cell Technology, on the center's claim that they have cloned the first early human embryo.