>>"Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18. Must be excellent riders, >>willing to risk death daily. Orphans >>preferred. Wages are $25.00 a week." This is a mid 1800's >>help wanted sign for the Pony Express. >> >>In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting >>on when patients would die. >> >>In 1980 the yellow pages listed a funeral Home under "frozen >>foods". >> >>It would take half the people in the United States between >>the ages of 18 and 45 to run the nation's telephone system >>if it were not computerized. >> >>In 1944, Fidel Castro was voted Cuba's best schoolboy athlete. >>A lefthanded pitcher, Castro was later given a tryout by the >>Washington Senators but was turned down by the baseball club. >> >There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of >>these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in >>rats.
