100. Bihar is India&aposs poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower than that of the most impoverished countries of the world.

101. El Nino, the periodic abnormal warming of the sea surface off Peru, is a phenomenon in which changes in the ocean and atmosphere combine to allow the warm water that has accumulated in the western Pacific to flow back to the east.

102. In her book illustrations, which she carully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world.

103. A newly developed jumbo rocket, which is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration, will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle can, and at a lower cost.

104. Nuclear fusion is the force that powers the Sun, the stars, and hydrogen bombs, merging the nuclei of atoms rather than splitting them apart, as nuclear reactors do.

105. Originally developed for detecting air pollutants, a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in &aposalmost any substance without destroying it, is finding uses in medicine, archaeology, and criminology.

106. Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra-cotta figies lt by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea&aposs aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help.

107. In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis.

108. The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants.

109. Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.

110. In June of 1987, The Bridge of Trinquetaille, Vincent van Gogh&aposs view of an iron bridge over the Rhone, was sold for $20.2 million, the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction.

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