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O'Hare Airport in Chicago was called Orchard Place until 1949, and the airport is still abbreviated "ORD."
Structures

With an exchange rate running at an average of 428,287.55 Ukrainian Karbovanets to the dollar, total assests of just six American dollars will qualify a person as a Ukrainian millionaire.
Miscellaneous

The campy 1964 sci-fi flick "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians," which featured a young, unknown Pia Zadora as a spunky Martian girl, was filmed in an airplane hangar on Long Island, New York.
Entertainment » Movies

An alternative to the outdated slang expression “cat's pajamas” was “cat's meow.” Both terms meant that someone or something was wonderful or remarkable.
Words and Numbers

The Roman emperor Commodos collected all the dwarfs, cripples, and freaks he could find in the city of Rome and had them brought to the Coliseum, where they were ordered to fight each other to the death with meat cleavers.
History

The antlers of a male moose can have as many as 30 tines, or spikes.
Animals

Felix Mendelssohn wrote his most famous overture, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," when he was just seventeen.
People

A "xanthochroid" is a blond-haired and blue-eyed person with fair skin.
Words and Numbers

The star Zeta Thaun, a supernova, was so bright when it exploded in 1054 that it could be seen during the day.
Space

The founder of JC Penny had the name of James Cash Penny.
People » Celebrities and Public Figures

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