The giant African snail grows to a foot long and reaches weights greater than a pound.
---You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth. Most males have 40, females have 36.
---Panama, because of a bend in the isthmus, is the only place in the world where one can see the sun rise on the Pacific Ocean and set on the Atlantic.
---The huge marble dome on top of the State Capitol of Rhode Island was the first of its kind in the United States.
---Jack in the Box introduced several fast-food ?firsts? ? including being theJack in the Box introduced several fast-food ?firsts? ? including being the first chain to open a drive-thru restaurant and the industry's first breakfast sandwich. first chain to open a drive-thru restaurant and the industry's first breakfast sandwich.
---The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 square miles (4.53 sq km).
---A pro volleyball player can spike the ball at 80 miles per hour.
---Shampoo was first marketed in the U.S. in 1930 by John Breck, who was the captain of a volunteer fire department.
---The name of the legendary Lady Godiva's horse was Aethenoth.
---Gene Simmons, of the shock-rock group Kiss, earned a B.A. in education and speaks four languages.
---If there would be no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the average temperature on Earth would be 5 degrees Fahrenheit, instead of the present average of 57 degrees Fahrenheit.
---The peacock is the national bird of India.
---The Oregon Trail (1840-1860), the route used during the westward migrations of the United States, started in Missouri and ended in Oregon and was about 2,000 miles long.
---Los Cabos, of the southern Baja Peninsula, was favored by early pirates because of its safe harbors.
---Today, the New York Public Library is visited and used annually by more than 10 million people. There are currently 2.35 million cardholders, more than for any other library system in the nation.
---An insect exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third of its total body weight.
---The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are detected at the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip.
---In every hour that one listens to the radio in the United States, one hears approximately 11,000 spoken words.
---The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands in the Pacific Ocean.
---The world's fastest racquet sport is badminton. Shuttlecock speeds approach 200 mph.
---Modern mills worldwide produce a third of a billion tons of paper every year ? three times the total of the world's production of motor vehicles.
---Panama, because of a bend in the isthmus, is the only place in the world where one can see the sun rise on the Pacific Ocean and set on the Atlantic.
---The huge marble dome on top of the State Capitol of Rhode Island was the first of its kind in the United States.
---Jack in the Box introduced several fast-food ?firsts? ? including being theJack in the Box introduced several fast-food ?firsts? ? including being the first chain to open a drive-thru restaurant and the industry's first breakfast sandwich. first chain to open a drive-thru restaurant and the industry's first breakfast sandwich.
---The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 square miles (4.53 sq km).
---A pro volleyball player can spike the ball at 80 miles per hour.
---Shampoo was first marketed in the U.S. in 1930 by John Breck, who was the captain of a volunteer fire department.
---The name of the legendary Lady Godiva's horse was Aethenoth.
---Gene Simmons, of the shock-rock group Kiss, earned a B.A. in education and speaks four languages.
---If there would be no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the average temperature on Earth would be 5 degrees Fahrenheit, instead of the present average of 57 degrees Fahrenheit.
---The peacock is the national bird of India.
---The Oregon Trail (1840-1860), the route used during the westward migrations of the United States, started in Missouri and ended in Oregon and was about 2,000 miles long.
---Los Cabos, of the southern Baja Peninsula, was favored by early pirates because of its safe harbors.
---Today, the New York Public Library is visited and used annually by more than 10 million people. There are currently 2.35 million cardholders, more than for any other library system in the nation.
---An insect exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third of its total body weight.
---The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are detected at the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip.
---In every hour that one listens to the radio in the United States, one hears approximately 11,000 spoken words.
---The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands in the Pacific Ocean.
---The world's fastest racquet sport is badminton. Shuttlecock speeds approach 200 mph.
---Modern mills worldwide produce a third of a billion tons of paper every year ? three times the total of the world's production of motor vehicles.