Stream of Facts

One imperial CUP is equal to 284 milliliters. That’s 84 milliliters more than the Japanese standard and just above the 250 milliliters that make up the metric cup*.

The original Stanley CUP, then worth about $50, stood just over seven inches high and was first awarded to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) hockey CLUB.

The oldest recipe for a CLUB sandwich was published in 1903, authored by Isabel Gordon Curtis in the Good Housekeeping EVERYDAYCookbook.

The magazine EVERYDAY with Rachel Ray is a way for fans to stay up-to-date on recipes from the star who got her start giving cooking lessons in ALBANY.

In ALBANY during 1898, Theodore Roosevelt was governor of New York and would exercise by running up and down the capitol building’s STEPS.

On any one of the 138 STEPS that make up the staircase of the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, eating lunch and sitting are forbidden by Roman regulations, though loosely ENFORCED.

With stricter seatbelt laws being ENFORCED, 2008 saw a record low for traffic deaths. Michigan is said to have the highest rate of SEAT belt use at 97.2 percent.

The first ejection SEAT to be fitted in a helicopter was in a model known as the Kamov Ka-50. Just before ejection, the rotor blades are blown away to limit pilot shrapnel.

*The metric cup is a common form of measurement used in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

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SCREE (skree) n: an accumulation of loose stones or rocky debris lying on a slope or at the base of a hill or cliff.

Definition obtained by http://merriam-webster.com.

“We’re at the top of the food chain, in case you guys haven’t heard yet.”
- Professor to class

Bicyclist hits hidden pothole and skids out of control into UC sidewalk.

“Hopefully no one is using ‘At Your Leisure’ as a time-keeping device.”
- Andy Rees, Editor in Chief of Reporter, in reference to the “03.20.09” misdate on the “At Your Leisure” page in the May 1 issue