The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD. | A male firefly's light is twice as bright as a female's. | China only has one time zone. | French author Michel Thayer published a 233 page novel which has no verbs. | There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

A year from now you will wish you had started today.