Illustration by H. Arthur
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By Marc Viscardi
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday April 4, 2003
· Lee Harvey Oswald purchased the rifle he used to assassinate John F. Kennedy through mail order.
· Shakespeare's play "Midsummer Night's Dream" takes place in spring.
· A man who suffers from diphallic terata has two penises.
· Orville Wright was the Wright brother to fly first in their plane. The decision was based on the flip of a 50-cent piece.
· The percentage of runners who say they think about sex while running: 66 percent.
· The percentage who say they then think about running while having sex: 8 percent.
· In 1902, law made live entry of the mongoose into the United States illegal.
· The book "Gone With The Wind," originally weighed three pounds, ran 1,037 pages and sold for $3.
· Cashew nuts are expensive and never have shells because the shell and skin of the cashew nut contains extremely caustic oil that can painfully blistering of the skin. This dangerous oil must be completely removed before the nut can be touched or eaten.
· "Food & Wine" magazine reported that in Japan, squid is the most popular topping for Domino's pizza.