? The city closest to the exact geographic center of the U.S. is Lebanon, Kan.

? The state of Oregon has one city named Sisters and another called Brothers. Sisters got its name from a nearby trio of peaks in the Cascade Mountains known as the Three Sisters. Brothers was named as a counterpart to Sisters.

? Hot water is heavier than cold water.

? An old law in Bellingham, Wash. made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing.

? By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years.

? Brian Setzer, of the Brian Setzer Orchestra, started out in a garage band called Merengue.

? Jim Morrison found the name “”The Doors”” for his rock band in the title of Aldous Huxley’s book “”The Doors of Perception,”” which praises the use of hallucinogenic drugs.

? The name of the legendary Lady Godiva’s horse was Aethenoth.

? If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there’s no air pressure.