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According to a report from the Massachusetts Department of Health, nicotine levels in US cigarettes have increased about 10% since 1998. Of the 179 cigarette brands tested in 2004 for the report, 93% were in the highest range for nicotine, compared to 84% of 116 brands tested in 1998. The study found no significant difference in total nicotine content between "full flavor," "medium," "light" or "ultra-light" cigarettes.

DEFINITION: (adjective) Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. SYNONYMS: battleful, combative, contentious. USAGE: She had always found him to be bellicose and was not surprised when he was expelled from the military academy for his belligerent and violent behavior.

Gloria Estefan is a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida, she began her career as lead vocalist for the Miami Sound Machine. Her later recordings as a solo artist led to mainstream popular success and a slew of English-language hits. With over 70 million albums sold worldwide, Estefan is the single most successful crossover performer in Latin music history. What happened to Estefan in 1990, when a tractor-trailer crashed into her tour bus?

There were an estimated 5 billion passenger pigeons in the United States prior to the mid-1800s. They lived in enormous flocks that could extend a mile (1.6 km) wide and 300 miles (500 km) long. By the mid-19th century, it was clear that their population was in decline, with millions of the birds killed annually for food, hog feed, and even for sport. The last passenger pigeon died in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. What was her name?

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Exxon Valdez was the original name of an oil tanker owned by the Exxon oil company that hit Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled between 11 million and 30 million US gallons (42,000 and 132,000 m³) of crude oil in March 1989. As a result of the spill, an estimated 250,000 sea birds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, and 250 bald eagles were killed. The tanker's captain was later found guilty of negligence. In what movie did the Exxon Valdez make a cameo appearance?