Who was Charles Joseph Bonaparte, and why should you care about him? A grandnephew of Napoleon I, C.J. served in Teddy Roosevelt's cabinet as secretary of the Navy and attorney general. In the latter capacity, Mr. B. created the Bureau of Investigation in 1908, now known as the F.B.I. (Thanks to Ken Clark of Kent, Wash.)

Prime Time: In addition to England, the other nations through which the Earth's prime meridian of longitude passes through are France and Spain in Europe, and Alger ...

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