21.5% Percentage of Massachusetts residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2014. New Hampshire, at 20.9 percent, is the only other state in which more than 20 percent claimed Irish ancestry. (The rates for the two states were not statistically different from each other.) California had 2.5 million people claiming Irish ancestry, which was the highest of any state. Two other states —New York and Pennsylvania—also had more than 2 million Irish-Americans....

Looking at the image, you can see that the first “T” in “TRUST” seems to be missing, rendering a legend that says, “In God We Rust.” If you look real closely, though, you can see a faint outline of the T. In the second image, I have tilted the coin a little differently to the light so you can see the T better. The third image is of the reverse side, showing that this error occurs on the 2005-P Kansas state quarter and can still be found in circulation....

From rollerballs to fountains, we researched dozens of pens, considering comfortability, use, and nib to narrow down the best pens for lefties. Our top pick, the Maped Visio Left-Handed Pen, is a fast-drying ballpoint with a unique design made with left-handed writers and artists in mind, so they can actually see their work. Here are the best pens for lefties. Tip: Ballpoint | Housing: Capped | Grip: Ribbed Tip: Rollerball | Housing: Retractable | Grip: Textured Tip: Fountain | Housing: Capped | Grip: Ergonomic Tip: Ballpoint | Housing: Retractable | Grip: None Tip: Rollerball | Housing: Capped | Grip: Molded Tip: Fountain | Housing: Capped | Grip: Ergonomic Tip: Rollerball | Housing: Capped | Grip: Embossed...

A team of researchers at Tokyo University in Japan calculated the digits of pi to 1.24 trillion places. Chances are, you’ll never need to know even the first ten digits, but just for fun, here are the first thousand: = 3. 1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923 0781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460 9550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954 9303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485 6692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817 4881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384 1469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185 4807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244 0656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176 7523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091 7363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892354201 9956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998 3729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533 4468503526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914 7303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532 171226806613001927876611195909216420198

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, was named for the most important Roman god because of its size. About 1,300 Earths would fit into it. Viewed through a large telescope, Jupiter is stunningly colorful—it is a disk covered with bands of blue, brown, pink, red, orange, and yellow. Its most distinguishing feature is “the Great Red Spot,” an intense windstorm larger in size than Earth, which has continued for centuries without any signs of dying down....

The United States Mint first produced the Liberty Seated half dollar in 1839. The more common design shows Lady Liberty with an additional piece of drapery extending from her left arm. However, there were a few Proof specimens produced without this additional piece of drapery. Numismatists estimate that the mint produced approximately six Proof coins in 1839. This extremely rare Proof coin dictates its value at almost one-quarter of a million dollars....

D. Brent Pogue assembled one of the highest quality coin collections of all time. He had an eye for beauty and a coin collecting budget that had no bounds. This 1833 Proof Capped Bust five-dollar gold half eagle is as close to perfection as one will ever see on a coin that is approaching 200 years old. The fields on the coin have a deep reflective surface, and the devices have a light cameo frosted finish....

Outcome: The Taliban government was ousted and many terrorist camps in Afghanistan were destroyed. The Taliban surrendered within two months, much more quickly than expected. The Taliban and al-Qaeda began to regroup in 2003, after the United States shifted its military efforts to fighting the war in Iraq, and attacks on U.S. and NATO troops have continued since.

Degrading Plastic Dolls Many different formulas for plastics are used, just like composition dolls, so disintegration is happening at different rates for different dolls. Plastic dolls can smell bad when they are degrading, or they can get sticky. They can also show a white powder caused by leeching plasticizer that many people mistake for molds. Or, they can get sticky faces (see below). There are no known ways to stop the plastics from degrading once that starts, only ways to cosmetically treat the problems....

Today, the original figures are sought after by collectors all over the world, some fetching prices in the thousands. Average Market Value: $6,000 Average Market Value: $2,000 Average Market Value: $1,000 - $2,000 Average Market Value: $1,000 Average Market Value: $400

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