By looking at a Social Security number, is it possible to tell a person's age, sex, or race? Nope. Since 1972, all you can tell is the state that was listed on the mailing address of the person who applied for the number.
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A baby rattle once owned by King Farouk of Egypt has a jade handle topped by a crown encrusted with diamonds, and the "rattle" inside it is from rubies.
The Elorn River Bridge at Landerneau, France, supports 2 rows of houses which have been occupied
In 4-H, that staple of state fairs, the four H's stand for head, heart, hands, health. 4-H, 100 years old in 2002, was started to promote agriculture education. It's now a broader service group for young people.
Rodgers and Hammerstein, inspired by a 1932 novel set at Iowa's state fair, wrote their only original film score for 1945's STATE FAIR.
The musk ox is not an ox; it is a sheep. Although it looks awkward, it is actually very fleet.
A bed of roses was presented by the city of Nancy to Marie Antoinette when she arrived in France from her native Austria to symbolize her future as queen of France. Twenty-eight years later, she died on the guillotine.
Lucille Ball appeared on more TV GUIDE covers than anyone else.
Lucille Ball's LUCY was the first woman to be portrayed as pregnant. The word "pregnant" was not used though. At the time, the Jan. 19, 1953, episode on which "Little Ricky" was born was the most-watched show in TV history.
Tots under 2 spend an average of 2 hours and 5 minutes a day watching the TV. Of kids 3 and under, 30% have a TV in their bedroom, and 24% have played computer games.
The baby blue whale gains 10 pounds per hour.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz met as co-stars of the 1940 movie TOO MANY GIRLS
Only 7% of U.S. households are married couples with kids in which just the husband holds down a job.
Lucille Ball - a redheaded Red? Although not a party member, Lucy had once registered as a communist and was blacklisted in the McCarthy era. Clearly, it didn't hurt her career.
In her days as a movie actress, Lucille Ball auditioned for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in GONE WITH THE WIND.
Exposure to the UV-B radiation in sulight increases the risk of cataracts. According to a recent study, the effect is cumulative. Wear sunglasses and a hat with a brim.
The Oxara' waterfall in Iceland was created artificially over 1,030 years ago to serve as backdrop for a meeting of the island's Parliament.
The gilded keys given to Napoleon I upon his arrival at Elba, to symbolize the keys to the city of Portoferraio, were actually the keys to the local tavern (1814).
Most mentioned woman in the Bible: Sarah, 56 times.
In 1906 Jack Norworth wrote "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" despite never having seen a baseball game.
The most common term for an "unofficial free shot" in golf is a "Mulligan."
The first left-handed golfer to win more than one tournament in a single PGA Tour season was Phil Mickelson.
The term first used for a game of golf was "round" because early courses were laid out in a circular pattern.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
Every second, there are 100 to 125 flashes of lightning somewhere on Earth.
Troy Aikman, a Super Bowl MVP, was fined $10,000 because he left a Pro Bowl early to catch a flight.
Hitchcock fans might recognize Mission San Jaun Bautista in California, the largest surviving mission church, from the final scenes of VERTIGO, filmed from the bell tower and the 17 tile-roofed arches.
On the very day he was suspended from baseball, Pete Rose sold souvenirs on a TV home-shopping show.
The drugstore of Lemgo, Germany, has been located for 400 years in the great bay window of the town hall.
About 15% of supermarket shoppers observe the express-lane item limit.
A cat's sense of smell is extimated to be approximately one hundred thousand times more sensitive than that of a human.
After the assassinations, Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln; Chester Arthur succeeded Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt, McKinley; and Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy.
A flag that had been draped in Lincoln's box at Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot in 1865, was recently discovered in storage at the Connecticut Historical Society.
The author and composer of Britain's "God Save the Queen" are unknown. The anthem was first performed pubicly in 1745.
Adopted in 1795, France's "La Marseillaise" is one of the oldest national anthems. It was popularized during the French Revolution.
For women, one hour a week of walking can cut the risk of heart disease in half. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Half of all the current members of Congress and the nation's governors first held office at age 35 or younger.
The Manchurian Lotus in the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, D.C., grew from seeds that had lain dormant in the bed of a lake in Manchuria for several thousand years.
Top speed of a chicken at full gallop: 9 mph.
The first Band-Aid Brand Adhesive Bandages were three inches wide and eighteen inches long. You made your own bandage by cutting off as much as you needed.