The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes.

Soldiers disease is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.

The Chicago Cubs are suing former Hartford Courant newspaper carrier Mark Guthrie to get back $301,000 in pay that was intended to go to a Cubs pitcher with the same name. The Tribune Company owns both the Hartford Courant and the Chicago Cubs.

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