A person that is struck by lightning has a greater chance of developing motor neurone disease.

There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station.

The value of Pi will be officially "rounded down" to 3.14 from 3.14159265359 on December 31, 1999.

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