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Oregon State University entomologist Michael Burgett reported in April that the average American eats about a pound of bugs a year–the aggregate of bug parts that appear in certain foods and that are too costly to remove. Burgett said that bugs generally provide more protein than an equivalent amount of other food.
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Recently expired: the patent for the “Toe Holder,” two rings welded together that fit over a sunbather’s big toes. By holding the two toes together, the device helps protect the insides of the legs from sunburn.
Women’s Wear Daily announced in February that the cover photo accompanying its lead story a few days earlier, featuring a photo of a woman in a fringed dress, long dangling earrings, high heels, and a high blond hairdo, was an unintentionally printed photo of a man.
