- The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953.
- M*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'.
- The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons.
- Hawaii is the only state with one school district.
- The word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.
- Volleyball was invented in 1895.
- Rain contains vitamin B12.
- A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation (Death can occur about 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few weeks).
- A flea can jump 350 times its body length.
- 'Babe' was played by over 50 pigs.
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