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Heads Up
The penny was the first U.S. coin to feature the likeness of an actual person.

Point of Distinction
Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.

Quotable 
by  Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer and writer.
"A lot of people like snow.  I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."

Still on the Books 
In Hartford, Conn., dogs may not be educated.

Back Then
At the first Olympic Games in 776 BCE, the top athletes were crowned with wreaths made of olive leaves.

Words of Change
When the word "bully" first entered the English language in the mid-1500s, it was as a gender-neutral term for "sweetheart" or "darling."