Wisconsin is nicknamed the Badger State--not for the mammal, but for the miners who burrowed homes into the hillsides or lived in mineshafts during the early settlement of the region. Keep learning on MSN Encarta.
Boris Becker of Germany began playing tennis at the age of 3. In 1985, at the age of 17, he became the youngest person to win the men's singles championship at Wimbledon since 1891. Keep learning on MSN Encarta.