Fast Facts
April 25, 2007
- Ancient Romans trained elephants to perform on a tightrope.
In an average minute, 20,900 gallons flow from the Amazon River into the sea.
Israel is one-fourth the size of Maine.
The world’s first golf rule book was published in Scotland in 1754.
If you traveled to the center of the Earth, you would weigh nothing.
There’s enough gold in the ocean to give every human 9 pounds of it.
Ants have five noses. Each one smells a different odor.
Canada was the second country to legalize medical marijuana.
It takes about three and a half hours for sound waves to travel from San Francisco to New York.
On an average day, four people call Graceland and ask to speak to Elvis.
In 1974, TV Guide became the first magazine to sell a million copies.
Elvis had a pet monkey named “”Scatter.””
Whales are the fastest-growing animal in the world.
During the summer months in Reykjavik, Iceland, the sun is visible 24 hours a day.
Some beaver dams are more than 1,000 years old.
There are about 5,000 languages in the world.
