F. Y. I.

Of Note
The average CD can hold 74 minutes' worth of music because Sony decided the longest recorded version of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony should fit on a single CD.

Family Ties
Both Madonna and Celine Dion are distant cousins of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Prince Charles.

Still on the Books
In St. Croix, Wis., women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.

Quotable
by Seneca, Roman philosopher and statesman (4 BC-AD 65)
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."

At First
Arthur Miller's original title for "Death of a Salesman" was "The Inside of His Head."

Table Tidbits
Rice-A-Roni, "the San Francisco treat," was based on an Armenian recipe for rice pilaf.