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$119,500 PRICE PAID AT AUCTION in October for 100 strands of hair taken 40 years ago from the corpse of Cuban revolutionary and T-shirt icon Che Guevara. [See p. 24]

SOURCE; HERITAGE AUCTION GALLERIES

75% PERCENTAGE OF FAKE explosives missed in a recent test of Transportation Security Administration screeners at Los Angeles international airport; screeners from a private company at San Francisco international airport missed 20 percent.

SOURCE: TIME

405 ESTIMATED AGE, IN YEARS of a quahog cram found off the coast of iceland. It is the oldest animal on record Researchers determine the age of a clam by counting the growth lines in its shell.

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