All porcupines float in water.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
Rockin Dave performs every Thursday at Midnight Rock at 8pm (ish).
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Marilyn Monroe had eleven toes.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
At 8pm (ish), Rockin Dave plays 'live' rock & roll at Midnight Rock.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.
Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name.
Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.
96% of candles that are purchased are by women.
Clark Gable used to shower more than 4 times a day.
Jimmy Carter was the first President born in a hospital.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
Before she met Popeye, Olive Oyl went out with Ham Gravy.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Peter Falk, the actor who played 'Colombo', has a glass eye.
Approximately 50% of Americans admit they have run a red light.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were the two left-handed Beatles.
Without glasses, John Lennon was legally blind all of his life.
The only President to be head of a labour union was Ronald Reagan.
Midnight Rock has 'Live' Rock & Roll music every Thursday at 8pm (ish) featuring Rockin Dave
George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration.
Sean Connery has worked as a milkman, coffin-polisher,
and builder.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot
40% of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
Elmer Smith was the first player to hit a grand slam in a World Series.
In Casablanca Humphrey Bogart never actually says
'Play it again, Sam'.
Pitcher Darold Knowles once pitched all seven games of one World Series.
Pope John XXII is born as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. He became Pope in 1958.
Arnold Schwarzenegger once appeared on an edition of TV's 'The Dating Game' in 1972.
In the movie 'Pretty Woman', Julia Roberts had a body double for her sexy scenes.
Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.
Deaf people have safer driving records on average than hearing people in the U.S.A.
Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.
Madame Bovary, the tragic title heroine of Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel, was named Emma.
Michael Sylvester Stallone dropped his birth-given first name before becoming a famous movie star.
What do Gypsies call themselves? Gypsies call themselves "Rom," which means "man."
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
The only authentic Rock & Roll music bar in Angeles City is Midnight Rock.
James B. Parsons became the first black man confirmed as a judge in a U.S. District Court on August 30, 1961.
Madam de Montespan, second wife of Louis XIV, once lost 4 million francs in a half-hour at the gambling table.
Michael Jordan makes more money from "Nike" annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Jacqueline Kennedy's pillbox hat, made famous at her husband's inauguration in 1961, was designed by Halston.
Ferdinand Porsche, who later went on to build sports cars bearing his own name, designed the original 1936 Volkswagen
Esteemed actor Richard Harris was seen wearing an elastoplast on his neck when playing King Arthur in the film 'Camelot.'
Jacques-Yves Cousteau invented the aqualung, the self-contained device that supplies air under pressure for underwater divers.
Belgian driver Jenatzy was the first to reach a speed of over 100 km/h in his electrically powered car La Jamais Contente in 1899.
1913 Donald MacMillan, explorer, takes NECCO Wafers on his Arctic expedition, using them for nutrition and as rewards to Eskimo children.
James Ramsey invented a steam-driven motorboat in 1784. He ran it on the Potomac River, and the event was witnessed by George Washington.
Bavarian immigrant Charles August Fey invented the first three-reel automatic payout slot machine, the Liberty Bell, in San Francisco in 1899.
In 1899, Charles H. Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office called for the abolition of his office. His reason: "Everything that can be invented has been invented
Who was the first US president to travel outside the US? President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) became the first president to travel outside the US when he visited Panama.
Former senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona once shaved with peanut butter while on a camping trip. (For best results, avoid shaving with crunchy peanut butter.)
Edward G Robinson's character in 'The Last Gangster' gets sent to Alcatraz in 1927. This was probably not as bad a sentence as you might imagine since the prison wasn't opened there until 1934.
1914 Birth of Joe DiMaggio, former US baseball player. Called "Jolting Joe" and the "Yankee Clipper" by his fans, he was consistently ranked excellent all around player for the New York Yankees for 13 seasons.
What outrageous thing did Daniel Sickles do with the leg he had amputated during the Civil War? Daniel Sickles' leg was struck by a 12-pound cannonball at Gettysburg during the Civil War and had to be amputated. Not one to waste a limb, Sickles sent the leg to the new Army Medical Museum in Washington, DC, with a visiting card that read, "With the compliments of Major General D.E.S." For many years after, Sickles actually went to the museum on the anniversary of the amputation to visit his leg bone! And you can too: it's still on display at the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.
America once had a five cent bill.
A dime has 118 ridges around its edge
A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
Greece's national anthem has 158 verses.
The hash sign (#) is called an anoctothorpe.
If you ain't Rockin at Midnight, - You just ain't Rockin'.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Venus is the only Planet that rotates clockwise.
Barbie's full name is "Barbara Millicent Roberts"
In France the Big Dipper is called the "casserole.
Most of the heat lost by Earth is through volcanoes.
The Minneapolis phone book has 21 pages of Andersons.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
Rockin Dave will perform his show every Thursday at 8pm (ish) at Midnight Rock.
The yo-yo was originally a weapon in the Philippines.
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There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
The record for the most couples kissing at once is 1600.
A lightning bolt reaches about 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
In developing nations, 80% of diseases are water related.
The nickname for a Japanese businessmen is "Salarymen."
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
From space, the brightest man-made place is Las Vegas, Nevada.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
In 2002 the most popular car color in North America
was silver.
The number or word "One" appears 16 times on a U.S. dollar bill.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
In Canada, the most productive day of the workweek
is Tuesday.
Four-wheel roller skates were invented by James L. Plimpton in 1863.
The name of Oscar the Grouch's pet worm on Sesame Street is Slimey.
The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second.
In Albania nodding the head means "no" and shaking the head means "yes".
More than two-thirds of Earth's land surface lies north of the equator.
There are approximately ten million bricks in the Empire State Building
A Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
The colors black, green and blue are used to print a U.S. dollar bill.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
The only President in office to weigh less than 100 pounds was James Madison
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
In computer-speak, wysiwyg is an acronym for 'what you see is what you get'
The average person over fifty will have spent one year looking for lost items.
Some of the chariot racers in 'Ben Hur' were seen to be wearing wristwatches.
The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of 5 Megabytes.
What is a "black act"?
It's a slang term to mean picking a lock in the dark.
Neptune is the only planet in our solar system to be
discovered by mathematics.
The average person keeps old magazines for 29 weeks before throwing them out.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows, at the time, shaved eyebrows were a fad.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Dating back to the 1600s, thermometers were filled with brandy instead of mercury.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The save icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutters on backwards.
Does the White House have elevators? Yep, three of them, in addition to 8 staircases.
Thirty-Five percent of people who use personal adds for dating are already married.
Electric refrigerators were first sold to American housewives in 1916, at a cost of $900.
In Helsinki, Finland, instead of giving parking tickets, the police usually deflate tires.
The highest recorded temperature in the US was 134 Fahrenheit in Death Valley, California.
What exactly does "equinox" mean? "Equinox" comes from a Latin word meaning "equal night."
In 'Army of Darkness' watch Ash's hair all through the film, the length keeps changing.
In the 1985 movie 'Falling in Love' a reflection of the camera can be seen in a mirror.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
It cost over 7 million dollars to make Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's Scream music video.
Gold was first known to be used as jewelry in parts of Central and Eastern Europe in 4000 B.C.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
The best working light-bulb a LONG time ago was a thread of sheep's wool coated with carbon.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
Swedish confectionery salesman Roland Ohisson was buried
in a coffin made entirely of chocolate.
Astronauts circling the Earth may be able to see as many as 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets each day.
What is a "Chicago overcoat"? In the 1920s, this was an underworld slang term to mean a coffin.
In 1977, the Voyager 1,2 photographed the first images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Astronomers believe Jupiter’s moon, Europa, may have an ocean of liquid water beneath an ice cap.
All U.S. Presidents have worn glasses, some of them just didn't like to be seen with them in public.
Daily "happy hours" of more than one cocktail can cause depletion of vitamins B1, B6, and folic acid! People in low-income homes spend 50% more time playing video games than people in high-income homes.
How deep is a fathom? A fathom is six feet (1.83m), used mainly in the measurement of marine depths.
Traveling at the speed of 186,000 miles per second, light take 6 hours to travel from Pluto to Earth.
In a day, kids in the U.S. that are between the ages of 2 - 8 spend 28 minutes of their time coloring.
Television aerials can clearly be seen on the roofs of Victorian London in the comedy, 'The Wrong Box.'
The coldest outdoor temperature ever recorded on earth was 127 below zero in Antarctica on August 24, 1960.
What is a blue moon? When their are two full moons in one month, the second one is called a "blue" moon.
The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
More than 2,500 cover versions of The Beatles' "Yesterday" exist, making it the most recorded song
in history.
The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, in 1912
The largest pearl in the world, the 14 lb., 1 oz. Pearl of Lao-tze was found at Palawan, Philippines on May 7, 1934.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
A red London bus can be seen in the background of one of the battle scenes from the Arthurian legend film, 'Excalibur.'
How much does it rain in a rain forest? Rain forests generally receive anywhere from 150 to 400 inches of rain annually!
The average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English .....
In 1937, the tiny asteroid Hermes passed uncomfortably close to Earth, at a distance of less than twice that of the moon.
From the smallest microprocessor to the largest mainframes, an average American depends on more than 250 computers per day.
In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married.
An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."
What is black gold? Black gold is another name for petroleum. When you consider the COST of petroleum now, the term makes sense
Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space when he ate pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube aboard Friendship 7 in 1962..
There is evidence of glass being made by Neolithic man about 10,000 B.C., and in Egypt about 1500 B.C. to be used as jewelry.
The name "Crayola" is a combination of the French word for chalk ("craie") and "ola" from the "oleanginous," which means "oily."
The flag of the U.K. is properly known as the Union Flag. It is only called the Union Jack when flown from the jack mast of a ship.
At its center, the Sun has a density of over a hundred times that of water, and a temperature of 10-20 million degrees Celsius.
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command go hang yourself.
Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler, who got the idea after watching her daughter play with baby dolls imagining them in grown up roles.
Sound travels through water much faster than air. Around 4 times as fast. Through steel, it can travel roughly 15 times faster than air.
Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII.
If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded
to reveal a map for escape.
Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color available was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can.
The first bricks were made by the people of Jericho, in 8000 B.C. A town of 2,000 people, Jericho was one of the oldest known towns in existence.
Before bath tissue was introduced in the United States in perforated form in 1884, a number of outhouses in America were stocked with dried leaves.
At the turn of the century, most lightbulbs were handblown, and the cost of one was equivalent to half a day's pay for the average U.S. worker.
The movies, The Turning Point (1977) and The Color Purple (1985) both share the record of receiving the most Oscar nominations (11) and no Oscar wins.
How many bathrooms are in the White House? The White House currently has 35 bathrooms! When it was first built, of course, it had none. Indoors, anyway.
In the film, 'Titanic' when Jack walks through the French doors for dinner with Rose and her family, a camera man's reflection can be seen on the glass.
The cartoon character Popeye was actually based on a real person named Frank "Rocky" Fiegel who was a tough guy who was quite similar to Popeye physically.
BAND-AID Brand Adhesive Bandages first appeared on the market in 1921. However, the little red string that is used to open the package was not added until 1940.
The first commercial vacuum cleaner was so large it was mounted on a wagon. People threw parties in their homes so guests could watch the new device do its job.
What is a black dwarf? Kudos to you if you knew we were talking about astronomy and not fairy tales! A black dwarf is a very small star that emits no detectable light.
The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.
The core of a upward lightning stroke is only a few inches across but can carry a current of 100,000 amperes, enough to run nearly 8,000 electric toasters at the same time.
The average medium size piano has about 230 strings, each string having about 165 pounds of tension, with the combined pull of all strings equaling approximately 18 tons..
Where does the term "pulp fiction" come from? "Pulp fiction" was so named because of the cheap, pulpy paper on which detective magazines were published in the 1920s and 1930s.
After eating too much food, your hearing becomes less sharp.
In 1996, toy company Mattel released a "Harley Davidson" Barbie. This dolls distinctive feature is a birth mark on her face that changes position with every new release of the doll.
There are fifteen nations that gave women the right to vote before the United States did in 1920. The earliest were New Zealand, in 1893, Australia, in 1902, and Finland, in 1906.
Britain developed the first Tanks for use during World War I. The word "Tank" was used because it didn't mean anything, and didn't give the Germans a clue as to its possible use.
What is black light? A black light trap? Black light is invisible ultraviolet light. A black light trap is a trap for insects that uses a form of black light which attracts particular bugs.
The first coin-operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century A.D.
Despite the strong presence of Latino baseball players since the 1940s, Armando Rodriguez in 1974 and Rich Garcia in 1975, both in the American League, were the first Hispanic umpires in the majors.
What made the Viking expansion possible? Sails. With sails, the Viking longships could sail at more than ten knots and appear suddenly on a foreign coast. The sails the Vikings used were made out of wool.
The film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me had to
be renamed in Singapore as censors didn't like the title -- it was briefly forced to change it to 'The Spy Who Shioked Me.' (Shioked means 'treated nicely.')
During the making of the movie "Fight Club," actor Brad Pitt chipped his tooth. However, he did not get his tooth capped until after the movie was done filming as he thought it would look better chipped for his character.
In 1986, a drunk fan got into a pace car at Talladega Superspeedway, and started joyriding on the track in front of a nationwide audience. The police cruisers who had to chase him around the track were not amused when they caught and arrested him.
Britain built a fleet of steam submarines in 1915, dubbed the K-Boat, it proved to be a disaster and never went into action. It took 5 minutes at best to perform a crash dive, and once underwater it was unstable resulting in a a number of accidents.
The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured.
What is black ice? Have you ever been driving along on a bitterly cold night and suddenly, without any warning, found your car sliding all over the road? That could beblack ice, a thin film of ice on paved surfaces (such as roads) that is difficult to see.
Barbie® and Ken® Dolls are named after Mattel founders Ruth and Elliot Handler's son and daughter, Barbara and Ken. Barbie's® full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts, and she is from Willows, Wisconsin. First sold in 1959, Barbie® wasn't given bendable legs until 1965.
In one scene from this movie 'Three Men and a Baby' a young boy who has nothing to do with the film is seen moving across the set. Actually standing in the window. Later, when this was discovered, no-one knew who he was and rumours started to spread about a possible haunting.
Foam rubber is a flexible, porous substance made from a
natural or synthetic latex, which is compounded with assorted ingredients and whipped into a froth. The finished product contains about 85 percent air and 15 percent rubber. It is also called sponge rubber or latex foam.
Where did the term "Gypsy" come from? The English, who did not know where the Gypsies originated, called them "Gypsies" as a shortened form of "Egyptians. " The Spanish referred to the same group as "Flemish," the Swedes as "Tatars," and the French as "Bohemians."
What is the meaning of firing shots at a military funeral? Firing three shots at a military funeral is a very old custom that was once used during battle. The purpose was to let both sides know that the dead had been cleared off the battlefield so the fighting and maiming and killing could begin anew.
Where did Gypsies originate? Most likely the Gypsies originated in Northern India, as the Gypsy language (Romany) is Indic. However, no one knows why or when the Gypsies left India. We do know they were in Persia by 1000 A.D. and had reached northwest Europe by the 1400s and North America by the 1800s
European papermakers were the first to use watermarks.
A watermark identified the manufacturer of the paper with the members of the trade organization. Just as trademarks were stamped into silver and fine firearms, a watermark quietly revealed that the paper was the creation of a skilled artisan.
For a short time in 1967, the American Typers Association invented a new punctuation mark that was a combination of the question mark and an exclamation point called an “interrobang.” It was intended to be used to express incredulity or disbelief. It never caught on with the general public, and it faded away.
What does "Viking" mean? "Viking" is Norse for "piracy." Recent scholarship, however, suggests that the Vikings were much more than barbaric raiders, taking advantage of avulnerable Europe. The Norsemen were also skilled craftsmen, shipbuilders,and poets who actually enriched the European civilizations they invaded.
Is Mount Vesuvius still active? The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, is perhaps the most famous volcanic eruption on record and one of the first to be documented by an eyewitness. And yes, the volcano is still active. Mount Vesuvius has erupted several times since 79 AD, the most recent eruption occurring in 1944. The most deadly eruption was in 1631.
When did the custom of playing "Taps" at military funerals begin? "Taps" started out as a "lights out" song, played at the end of each day. However, during the Civil War, when Northern and Southern troops were often camped out pretty close to each other, officers decided to play "Taps" at funerals instead of the traditional three-shot salute. The fear was that the sound of shots being fired might restart fighting.
Why do naval ships fire cannons when someone dies?
This custom originates in the days when war was supposed to be a game played fairly and by gentlemen's rules. A ship that fired a cannon was leaving itself vulnerable to attack because it left the ship partly unarmed. The message conveyed by the cannon shot was that the person who died was important enough to the crew that it was intentionally placing itself at risk in order to mourn. Any enemy ship in the vicinity was supposed to back off.
What type of plane is Air Force One? "Air Force One" is the radio call sign to designate any plane the President is aboard. There are currently two planes in the presidential fleet. When the president is aboard either plane, or any other Air Force aircraft, the radio call sign is "Air Force One." The two planes in the current fleet are specifically-configured Boeing 747-200B series aircraft. Both can accommodate about 70 passengers and are capable of flying half way around the world without refueling.
In what country did Vikings live? Actually, Vikings lived in several countries. These notorious sea raiders and explorers hailed from three Scandinavian homelands: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The Danes made their mark in the British Isles and along the coastlines of Europe. The Norwegians sailed across the Atlantic Ocean toreach America. And the Swedes traveled up Russian rivers to reachConstantinople and the Orient. Just last month, in September, researchersreported finding a Viking burial site, with six Viking men and women, in England. It's the first Viking burial ground found in Britain
What causes lightning? Scientists are re-thinking their theories on what causes lightning. Lightning occurs when particles of frozen water collide with ice crystals inside large clouds, generating positive and negative electrical charges, which separate within the cloud - the negative charges moving downward and the positive charges upward - and form a lightning bolt. But recent research suggests that the layers of charged particles are sometimes reversed, with positive charges sinking to lower regions, says Paul Krehbiel, a researcher at the New Mexico School of Mines and Technology. A surprising number of storms also produced an accompanying "positive to ground" form of lightning, in which positive charges rush to the ground and cause a reverse flow of negative charges -- an effect opposite of typical lightning strikes. Krehbiel says such lightning strikes tend to be more powerful, and may be more common than had been realized. "Storms may reverse their polarity all the time, but we just never knew it," he said.
A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
Kansas City has more miles of boulevards than Paris
and more fountains than any city except Rome.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."
Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union, bordered by 8 states.
Japan has approximately 200 volcanoes and is home to 10% of the active volcanoes in the world.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a 5 dollar bill.
Missouri was named after a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning "town of the large canoes"
1975 The South American country of Suriname is granted independence from the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is the lowest lying country with an
estimated 40% below sea level.
Frankfurt, Germany, spends more per year on the arts than any other city in Europe.
Austria's national anthem was composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
St. Louis; is also called, "The Gateway to the West"
and "Home of the Blues".
Helsinki is, after Reykjavik, Iceland, the world's northernmost capital city.
The town of Tidikelt in the Shara Desert once went ten years without rainfall.
Missouri's oldest community, Saint Genevieve,
was founded as early as 1735.
Murmansk, in Russia, is the largest city north of the
Arctic Circle.
Reykjavik, Iceland is the world's most northerly
capital city.
Lombard Street is London's equivalent of New York's Wall Street.
Las Vegas has the most chapels per capita than any other U.S. city.
In 1865 Missouri became the first slave state to free its slaves.
Finland has 179,584 islands, the greatest number in
the world.
Due to water depletion, Mexico City is sinking every year.
The state with the longest coastline in the US is Alaska.
Monaco is about the size of twelve New York City blocks.
Soybeans bring in the most cash for Missourians as a crop.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.
Tasmania has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.
Lutetia was the ancient name of Paris, France.
China was the first country to use paper money.
Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States.
England is smaller than New England.
China has over 50,000 rivers.
Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms
Missouri has been to most NCAA tournaments than any other college without reaching the final four.
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm are the Channel Islands that lie between England and France.
Located 137 miles north of Rome, San Marino is the oldest and one of the smallest republics in the world.
The "Missouri Waltz" became the state song under an act
adopted by the General Assembly on June 30, 1949
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
In 1812 Missouri was organized as a territory and later
admitted the 24th state of the Union on August 10, 1821.
The driest place on earth is a series of valleys near Ross island in Antarctica where, for the past 2 million years, no rain has fallen.
The Missouri State folk dance: square dance
The Missouri State musical instrument: fiddle
Missouri Day is the third Wednesday in October.
In Alaska’s Matanuska Valley, the long hours of sunlight are used, by some farmers, to grow giant vegetables. One such farmer grew a 100-pound cabbage.
The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
In the city of Reykjavik, Iceland, one can see the stars eighteen hours a day during the heart of the winter. During the summer, sunlight is visible 24 hours a day.
The voice behind Betty Boop was Mae Questel, who also played the voice for Olive Oyl and Little Audry