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• “Rain, rain, go away” might be something the residents of Mawsynram, India, want to say.

It’s the wettest place on earth, receiving over 36 feet of rainfall every year. Antofagasta, Chile, on the other hand, receives less than a tenth of a millimeter of rain per year, and many years, receives none at all.

• The community of Bagdad, California, had no rain for 767 days between October of 1912 and November of 1914. That’s two years and 37 days!

• You may have heard of Chicago referred to as the “Windy City,” but it’s not the windiest city in America. That distinction belongs to Blue Hill Observatory, Massachusetts, with an average annual wind speed of 15.4 mph.

Second place belongs to Dodge City, Kansas, with Amarillo, Texas, at No. 3. Chicago isn’t even in the top ten! About 27 percent of weather-reporting stations average higher annual wind speeds than Chicago.

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WEATHER (continued): • Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, experienced America’s strongest wind ever recorded, 231 mph. But, based on averages, Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, is the windiest place in the world.

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• Mt. Washington also has the second-highest average snowfall, about 260 inches a year.

Only Valdez, Alaska, ranks higher with 324 inches. Back in 1911, Tamarack, California, received 390 inches — 32.5 feet — of snow in one month! Over the course of that winter, 767 inches of the white stuff fell on the community.

• Lightning strikes the earth about 100 times every second, with each flash carrying over one billion volts. That’s enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for three months! In one short instant, the air surrounding the lightning flash is heated to a temperature five times hotter than the surface of the sun. Lightning will strike the United States about 25 million times this year. Five hundred of those flashes will strike the Empire State Building.

• Scientists maintain that there are about 760 thunderstorms occurring on our planet every hour. Trying to figure out how far away a thunderstorm is? Count the number of seconds between a lightning flash and the following clap of thunder. Divide that number by five to compute the distance to the lightning in miles.

Q: What do you call fifty penguins in the Arctic?

A: Lost! REALLY lost! (Penguins live in Antarctica.)

• You’re more likely to be killed by a lightning strike in Florida than in any other state. Over a 10-year period, 74 people in that state died after being struck, with Texas a distant second with 28 deaths. You’ll be pretty safe in Washington, Oregon and North Dakota, where no deaths occurred during those 10 years.

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● On Jan. 9, 1493, Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, sees three “mermaids” and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” They were in reality manatees. Mythical mermaids have existed in seafaring cultures since the time of the ancient Greeks. ● On Jan. 13, 1939, Arthur “Doc” Barker is shot and killed while trying to escape from Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay. Barker, of the notorious “Bloody Barkers” gang, was spotted on the rock-strewn shore of the island after climbing over the walls and tying pieces of wood together into a makeshift raft. ● On Jan. 11, 1973, the owners of America’s 24 major-league baseball teams vote to allow teams in the American League to use a “designated pinch-hitter” that could bat for the pitcher, while still allowing the pitcher to stay in the game. ● On Jan. 12, 1984, a panel overseeing the restoration of the Great Pyramids in Egypt abandons modern construction techniques in favor of the method employed by the ancient Egyptians. Restorers stopped using mortar and adopted the system of interlocking blocks practiced by the original pyramid builders.

WEATHER (continued): • When strong currents of air carry water droplets up to a height where freezing occurs, ice particles form and grow. They become too heavy to be supported by the air current and fall to the ground as hail. Large hailstones can fall at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Compare that with the speed of a typical raindrop at 17 mph. Cheyenne, Wyoming, averages the most hailstorms in the United State each year, but those in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are the most severe.

• In 1986, a storm in Bangladesh produced the largest hailstones ever recorded; they weighed well over 2 lbs. each. Ninety-two people were killed by the stones. Bangladesh was also home to history’s deadliest cyclone in 1970, with a death toll of 300,000.

• Tornado Alley refers to an area stretching from central Texas to northern Iowa, and across Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Oklahoma. About 90 percent of U.S. tornadoes hit this region. There are more tornadoes in the United States than any other place in the world, with about 1,000 reported per year. Canada is a distant second, with about 100.

• If you’re a sun worshipper, then Yuma, Arizona, is the place for you! This Southwestern community receives more than 4,000 hours of sunshine a year, making it the sunniest place on earth. Yuma also has the lowest precipitation average in the United States, receiving just under 3 inches a year, and its record high temperature is 124˚ F. • The hottest temperature ever recorded on earth was back in September of 1922 in El Azizia, Libya, when the mercury soared to 136˚ F. The North American record belongs to Death Valley, California, at 134˚ F in July of 1913.

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WEATHER (continued): • Baby, it’s cold outside! How about 129˚ below zero reached in Vostok, Antarctica,in 1983?

Russia gets plenty cold, too, with low temps recorded at -90˚ F on more than one occasion.

• Alaska is the coldest U.S. state overall — at least five cities have had low temps dip under -60˚ F , with Barrow ranking as the coldest city. Down on the mainland, the honor of coldest city goes to International Falls, Minnesota. Neighboring Duluth, Baudette and Hibbing aren’t far behind. Two North Dakota communities, Grand Forks and Fargo, offer some stiff competition with average temps from December through March in the single digits.

• The world’s least sunny place is, not surprisingly, the South Pole, where the sun shines just 182 days a year.

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• If you don’t mind consistency and predictability, then San Francisco and San Diego are the places for you. They are ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the category of “least weather variety” based on temperatures, precipitation and wind. In fact, California holds eight out of the Top Ten spots in this group.

• Over a 24-hour period back in 1916, the temperature in Browning, Montana, dropped from 44˚ F to -54˚ F. STRANGE BUT TRUE

by Samantha Weaver ● The word “avocado” is derived from a South American Indian word that means “testicle.” ● When the miniskirt was introduced to the world in the 1960s, the reaction was swift and often harsh. Women who wore them in the Malagasy Republic were sentenced to 10 days in jail. Congolese police arrested 300 women for wearing the new style, and Egyptian law branded the garment as indecent. In Caracas, Venezuela, the clergy got involved; churches admonished women to give up their minis or “be condemned to hell.” Perhaps the seeming overreaction wasn’t entirely unjustified, considering the effect the miniskirt had in some places. It was reported that two women wearing minis caused a two-hour traffic jam in downtown Cairo, and a 63-year-old man in Rio De Janeiro was sentenced to three days in jail after biting the legs of the miniskirt-clad woman seated next to him on a bus. ● The first animated color TV commercial was broadcast in 1949, and it was created by none other than venerable children’s book author Dr. Seuss. The ad was for the Ford Motor Company. ● Historians say that Abraham Lincoln had a shrill, high-pitched voice rather than the deep and sonorous tones we usually hear when the 16th president is portrayed in film and television. ● Those who study such things say that Americans’ favorite T-shirt color is white, followed by blue and black. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First Season” (TV-MA) -- If you haven’t been watching or you don’t subscribe to HBO, take this chance to check out this rich series. Set in Atlantic City at the onset of Prohibition, the show follows “Nucky” Thompson, the remorseless racketeer played by Steve Buscemi. “The Sopranos” is so 1990s, but it’s not too late to jump on this worthwhile bandwagon.

DOG OF THE WEEK “What’s Your Number?” (R) -- Ally Darling (Anna Ferris) is a city girl with a ridiculous name who has had a string of ridiculous lovers. When she comes across a magazine article stating that single women are doomed to be alone if they haven’t found The One after a certain number of relationships, Ally seizes the trite plot device and goes on a quest to see if any of her former beaus are actually the man she’s meant to marry.

This is the most tragic comedy on the shelf, folks. A staggering amount of comedy talent is weighed down by the most inane, predictable, slapdash romcom script ever put together. Andy Samberg and Joel McHale are among the wasted funnymen in bit roles. Anna Ferris is the most tragic of all; she’s charming, cute and funny, but just can’t seem to find that special movie that will make it all happen.

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• Although we usually call it Grand Central Station, its actual name is Grand Central Terminal. Grand Central Station is technically the name of the subway station located under the terminal. In terms of number of platforms, Grand Central is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 sets of tracks along its 44 platforms. About 7,500 people pass by the Terminal’s 42nd Street and Vanderbilt intersection every hour.

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While the characters are talking about team budgets and player stats, Pitt and Jonah Hill (yes, he’s a serious actor in this one) humanize the mathematics without getting in the way of the story. It’s an underdog story without the cheese, and a true-life baseball story that you don’t have to be a “SportsCenter” addict to appreciate.

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• The current Terminal building is not the first to sit on the site. The first depot was the brainchild of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and was built on property he owned between 42nd and 48th Streets at a cost of $6.4 million, opening in 1871. A tragic train collision occurred in 1902 in a smokefilled tunnel, killing 17 and injuring 38. Steam locomotives were immediately banned, and plans were made to tear down the station and construct a new terminal for electric trains.

• Over the next 10 years, the old station was torn down and replaced in phases, and in 1913, the new Terminal officially opened, with more than 150,000 visitors on opening day. Boasting 75-foot windows and a massive marble staircase, it was an architectural masterpiece. The 125-foot-high vaulted, domed ceiling featured a brilliant blue and gold mural of a constellation-filled sky.

• The station’s famous four-sided clock has faces of opal and is valued today between $10 million and $20 million. The clock sits on a brass and marble pagoda, inside of which is a hidden spiral staircase that connects to the Terminal’s lower level.

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• Also hidden below the Terminal is a train platform with a secret entrance and an elevator up to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It was used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to enable him to avoid reporters, moving him from his train directly to his hotel. Don’t expect to traverse his route, however, on your New York City vacation. The door to FDR’s secret elevator has been welded shut.

• Perched atop the façade on the 42nd Street side of the Terminal is a 50-foot-high, 60-foot-wide sculpture of Mercury, patron god of travelers. He is flanked by Hercules and Minerva. This was to symbolize the wisdom (Mercury), speed (Minerva) and strength (Hercules) of Grand Central. About 1,500 tons of Indiana limestone went into the creation of the sculpture, which was unveiled 18 months after the Terminal’s formal opening. It also features a clock at its center with a 13-foot circumference.

• In 1947, Grand Central hosted more than 65 million travelers, a number equivalent to 40 percent of the nation’s population. However, when traveling by rail declined in the 1950s, there was talk of demolishing the Terminal and replacing it with a 6-million-square-foot office building. New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission was responsible for saving the site by having it designated as a landmark. A complete renovation of the Terminal in 1994 restored it to its opening day grandeur.

• Several movies have been filmed at Grand Central over the years, including both the “Men In Black” films, “I Am Legend,” “North by Northwest” and “The Cotton Club.”

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