August 16, 2007: Issue 200
In honor of our 200th issue, we present fun facts that have nothing to do with our jobs but do involve the number 200:
- The echidna, an Australian mammal that lays eggs, is smaller than a grain of cooked rice and
weighs only 200 milligrams when it hatches.
- Mud flows from the eruption of Cotopaxi, an Ecuadoran volcano, oozed more than 200 miles in 1877.
- Researchers believe that a bowhead whale can live 200 years, making it the longest-lived mammal on Earth.
- In South Dakota in 1823, fur trapper Hugh Glass was badly mauled in a fight with a grizzly bear. Glass’ companions left him for dead, but he crawled 200 miles to the nearest fort (and lived 10 more years).
We can’t leave you without a style tip, so please note that “apropos” is one word, with no accents and
no italics.
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