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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Five Things to Know Today, Feb. 28

Guaranteed to tell you something you didn't know yesterday.

  Welcome to Tuesday. Here are some things to know today. The weather: The high will be a pleasant 68 degrees and partly sunny, but with a 20 percent chance of rain. The low tonight will be around 54, and the chance of rain increases to 50 percent. Gas prices: The lowest price for Lilburn reported to www.georgiagasprices.com on Monday was $3.62 for a gallon of regular (at Kroger, 4155 Lawrenceville Highway at Beaver Ruin and at two other places), and the highest price was $3.75 (at Shell, 5474 Lawrenceville Hwy at Rockbridge Rd and at two other places.)  Nylon. It’s the birthday of the artificial fiber, created by chemist Wallace Carothers at a DuPont research lab in Delaware, on this day in 1935. Nylon went on to become a staple of modern…

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