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Gretzky’s uniform isn’t ripped, and he is not trying to affect a “punk” look. Gretzky always tucks one corner of his shirt into the back of his pants, which only makes his shirt appear to be torn. The story of how Gretzky started this practice is a fascinating one, told to us by the National Hockey League’s Belinda Lerner: It began when Wayne was a young hockey player competing with older boys. His uniform shirt, if left out of his pants, would hang down to his knees. Wayne tucked the shirt inside his pants to give a taller appearance. Now Wayne, who is six feet tall, tucks in the corner of his shirt out of habit and superstition. Bill Tuele, Public Relations Director for the Edmonton Oilers, tells me Wayne has a piece of Velcro sewn into his pants so the shirt is securely fastened throughout the game.
    Submitted by Lorin Henner, of New York, New York .
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    Why Is There Always Pork in Cans of Pork and Beans? Does That Tiny Little Hunk of Fat, Which Is Presumably Pork, Really Add Flavor? It’s Disgusting to Look at, So Why Do They Put It In?
    Why Not “Lamb and Beans” or “Crickets and Beans”? Why Always Pork?
    Perhaps it will comfort you to know that yes, indeed, the pork is placed into the can for flavor. Pork and beans are actually cooked in the can. One fairly large piece of pork is placed in the can before cooking. After being heated during processing, it melts down to the size you see in the can, its flavor having permeated the beans.
    We spoke to Kathy Novak, a Consumer Response Representative at Quaker Oats, the parent company of Stokely-Van Camp, who told us that they receive quite a few inquiries about the pork from fans of Van Camp’s Pork and Beans, including more than a few angry missives from those who opened a can that inexplicably did not contain the piece of pork. So there is no doubt that the pork does have its fans. James H. Moran, of Campbell’s Soup Company, says that many of his company’s customers eat the pork, while others do not.
    Do manufacturers have to include a piece of pork to call the product “Pork and Beans”? Not really. Some producers use rendered pork liquid instead of a solid piece of meat, and are legally entitled to call their product “Pork and Beans.”
    Submitted by Joel Kuni, of Kirkland, Washington .
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    How Do Military Cadets Find Their Caps After Tossing Them in the Air upon Graduation?
    Be it West Point, Annapolis, or Colorado Springs, the tradition is the same: at the end of graduation ceremonies, after the class is called to attention for the last time and the immortal words “You are dismissed” are uttered, the former cadets fling their caps in the air. Occasionally, hats will fly at sporting events as well. How are they retrieved?
    The press and relatives grab a few. But the vast majority of the caps are claimed by children. Lieutenant Colonel James A. Burkholder, Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy, wrote that after most, but not all, of the graduates throw their hats in the air, “children under 12 are allowed to scramble to get [the hats]. It becomes ‘finders keepers.’ Keeping the children off the field prior to that moment is also a sight to see. Thus, 20 / DAVID FELDMAN

    after graduation, you will see children with their ‘treasures’ and others, without hats, in all sorts of despair.”
    Could the cadets find their caps if they did want them? Possibly.
    Caps have a pocket with a piece of cardboard in the inside lining, on which cadets write their names with a felt pen. More often than not, however, the ink will have worn off or become smeared. As the graduating classes at West Point usually number about a thousand, the chances of someone actually finding his own hat are remote.
    Is the hat tossing rehearsed? Choreographed? No. It is a spontaneous gesture, albeit a spontaneous gesture repeated yearly. Is it frowned upon? Not really. As Al Konecny, Assistant Public Affairs