State Stats
The World Peace Bell, the world's largest free-swinging bell, is on permanent display in Newport, Ky.
Before Fame
Pierce Brosnan worked for three years as a circus fire-eater.
Point of Origin
The word caterpillar comes from an Old-French word, "catepelose," meaning "hairy cat."
Quotable
by Michelangelo, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (1475-1564)
"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
Back Then
Medieval farmers considered it a sign of impending rain if their pigs walked around with sticks in their mouths.
Still on the Books
In Ontario, Calif., roosters may not crow within city limits.
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