Half of a cup of figs will give you just as much calcium as half a cup of milk.

Certain female species of spiders such as the Australian crab spider, sacrifice their bodies as a food source for their offspring.

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first (and only) home run.

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