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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday April 3, 2003

· A librocubicularist reads in bed.

· A scallop's 35 eyes are blue.

· Dr. Pepper first appeared in the Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas, in 1885.

· The word "and" is in the Bible 46,227 times.

· A notaphile collects blank notes.

· The name of the MGM lion is Leo.

· The song "Wake Up, Little Susie," by the Everly Brothers was banned in the city of Boston.

· Chicago's bus terminal is home to the world's busiest telephone, with 270 calls a day.

· Corduroy comes from the French meaning "cord of the king."

· Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of the number thirteen.

· John Steinbeck got the name "The Grapes of Wrath" from the song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

· The alcoholic drink "The Sidecar" was named for the mode of transportation used by the inventor.

· If your IQ is less than 25, you are classified as an "idiot."

· The U.S. received all the Nobel Prizes of 1976.

· Milwaukee's city baseball park boasts the largest beer barrel.

· The letter "n" ends all Japanese words not ending with a vowel.


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