A little-known fact about Secretariat at the Derby – his times in each successive quarter-mile got faster, meaning the horse and jockey Ron Turcotte were accelerating as the race wore on.

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Cultured pearls come in different sizes, shapes, and colors. Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and modern cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors. The most ...