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Poison arrow frog -Next time you’re in the rain forests of Central or South America and you run into this little amphibian, don’t pick it up: its skin contains a toxic chemical that sickens or kills any animal that touches or eats it. Two micrograms of its toxin (easily enough to fit on the head of pin) will kill a large mammal-or even a person. Stonefish -Found in the waters of the Pacific and around Australia, this homely fish looks like a rock or piece of coral....

Baseball: Must be a high school graduate. Basketball: Must be a high school graduate who either gives up college eligibility by written notice to the NBA at least 45 days before the draft or plays college basketball and is drafted from there. Football: Must be a high school graduate who either plays for four years of college or waits four years after high school. Golf: In order to play on the LPGA tour, women have to be at least 18 years old, but that can be waived in some instances....

Until recently Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was largely made up of American participants—marching bands and drum majorettes from Wichita Falls and the like. In Ireland, banks, stores, and businesses were closed on March 17, but the day was primarily been celebrated as a religious feast day. Until the 1970s, pubs were in fact prohibited from opening on March 17. In the United States, however, as anyone not color-blind knows, St....

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That year, the United States was divided into four time zones roughly centered on the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians. At noon, on November 18, 1883, telegraph lines transmitted GMT time to major cities where authorities adjusted their clocks to their zone’s proper time. On November 1, 1884, the International Meridian Conference in Washington, D. C., applied the same procedure to zones all around the world. The 24 standard meridians, every 15 east and west of 0 at Greenwich, England, were designated the centers of the zones....