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• If you’re asked how many Hawaiian Islands there are, you might say seven. There actually are seven MAIN islands, all of which are in habited. However, the grand total of islands is 136. Some are small islets, while others are coral islands circling a lagoon. The “Big Is land,” Hawaii, is the largest in square miles of all, with 4,028 square miles, and is the only is land containing active volcanoes. Oahu is the third largest of the major islands, but it’s the most populated, with that number upwards of 950,000.
• There are 30 Major League baseball teams –15 teams in the National League and 15 in the American League. Twenty-nine of the teams are in the United States and one, the Toronto Blue Jays, in Canada. The New York Yankees have played in the most World Series, with 40 appearances and 27 wins, the most recent in 2009. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 of their 19 Series appearances. Only one team, the Seattle Mariners, has never played in a World Series. The Blue Jays are the only fran chise from outside the U.S. to appear and win a World Series, taking the title in 1992 and 1993. Kathy Wolfe
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• It’s a misconception that the number of rattles on a rattlesnake equates to its age in years. It’s actu ally the number of times the snake has shed its skin. During the first year of life, a snake might shed its skin multiple times, with a new rattle added each time. The first molting might be just a few weeks after birth. In addition, as rattlesnakes slither along with their rattles held up, the rattles often break off. The average life span of a rattle snake in the wild is 10 to 20 years.
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• Forbes magazine tells us that there are close to 2,800 billionaires in the world, which is the equivalent of about .35 billionaires per million people. More than 25% of that number live in the United States. China is a close second in num bers, followed by India and Germany. The total worth of all the world’s billionaires exceeds $13 trillion. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk go back and forth on a regular basis for the title of the world’s richest individual. many keys are on a standard piano?
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• Most of us were taught in school that there are seven continents – Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North American, and South America. However, many geologists assert there are just six, claiming that Europe and Asia are ac tually Eurasia because it is one large land mass. There are 195 countries in the world, of which 54 are in Africa. Asia is home to 48 countries, while 44 are in Europe, and 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
How many ribs can be found in the human body?
• How many handicapped parking spaces are in the average parking lot? The minimum requirement for handicapped accessible parking spaces is one per every 25 total spaces. A 50-space lot would require two handicapped spaces, three spaces per 75 regular spaces, and so on.
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• If you’ve ever wondered how many dimples are on a golf ball, there’s no pat answer. The number can vary between 330 and 400. Most American golf balls contain 336. The dimples reduce the aerodynamic drag on the ball, resulting in the ball flying a longer distance. The spin of the ball is also affected by the diameter of the dimples as well as their shape. Some golf balls have round dimples, while others are hexagonal.
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• Roman numerals aren’t used much anymore, ex cept for outlining, clock faces, and numbering the Super Bowl! There are seven symbols in the sys tem: I, V, X, L, C, D, and M, representing 1, 5, 10, 5, 100, 500, and 1000, respectively. A letter placed after another letter of greater value increases it, for example, VI = 6, LXX = 70, and LXXXVIII = 88. A letter placed before another letter of greater value decreases it: IV = 4, XC = 90, CM = 900. The system originated in ancient Rome and con tinued in use until about the 14th century, when they began being replaced by our current Arabic numerals.
• As of 2022, there are 7,151 recognized languages. However, that number is always changing, as new languages are discovered. About 2,000 different languages are spoken in the countries of Africa. Although the country of Papua New Guinea is just 4.71% the size of the United States, more than 840 languages are spoken there, making it the most linguistically diverse country in the world. A mere 23 languages account for more than half the world’s population. English is the largest, if you count both native and non-native, but if only native speakers are counted, Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of speakers. About 40% of the world’s languages are now endangered, many with less than 1,000 speakers remaining.
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As the baby grows, some of the bones fuse togeth er, and much of the cartilage turns into bone, a process known as ossification, reducing the num ber of bones from 300 to 206. The 206 bones make up about 15% of an adult’s body weight.
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• Crafters might know that there are about 40 yards of fabric on a bolt. A skein of yarn consists of 120
A baby is born with about 300 bones, but by adult hood will have just 206. Why is that? A baby’s bones are mostly cartilage rather than solid bone.
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Tenth U.S. President John Tyler, who served as Chief Executive from 1841 to 1845, holds the record of having the most children of all U.S. Presidents – children born between the years 1815 and eight with his first wife and with his second wife.
• One year has 365.242189 days, a total of 8,765.812536 hours.
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The annual Kentucky Derby horse race held at Churchill Downs each May has a length of 10 fur longs. What exactly is a furlong? It was originally the length of a furrow, which was the distance a team of oxen could pull a plow without stopping to rest. A furlong translates to about 220 yards, or 201.168 meters. The Derby’s distance is 1.25
A 2019 survey of 1,400 undergraduate students at Yale University revealed that 14% of that number confessed to having cheated on tests and home work. In another nationwide survey of 30,000 students, 60.8% admitted that they had cheated on their assignments and tests. The poll also revealed that 16.5% of them had no regrets over their ac tions. One survey revealed that most students be lieve that it’s permissible to cheat in classes they don’t like much.
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• While over 50 million Americans have signed up with a local gym, according to one study of 2,000 such members, 50% admitted they didn't even ex ercise when they got there but instead preferred to spend their time hanging out with friends or checking out the opposite sex.
• The first public phone call on an Apple iPhone was a prank. On a San Francisco stage, Steve Jobs opened Google Maps, located a nearby Starbucks, and placed an order for 4,000 lattes, then told the surprised barista he was just joking and hung up.
• Cartoon canine Scooby Doo's excessive use of the letter "R" is the result of a speech disorder known as rhotacization.
• Cherry farmers hire helicopter pilots to air-dry their trees after it rains so the fruit won't split open.
• Speaking of feet, the overwhelming fear of those appendages is called podophobia.
• Classical composer Franz Schubert was nick named "Little Mushroom" for his short stature and wide girth.
• Venus rotates so slowly that a single day on the planet lasts longer than a year.
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• New York has been destroyed in more movies than any other city.
• A dating app called Hater that began as a joke in 2016 matched potential couples according to their dislikes. While it launched to respectable success, it only lasted a couple of years. Perhaps it was the name?
• Toe wrestling has been a sport in several countries since the '70s, with men's and women's divisions and even a World Championship. Players attempt to pin and hold down their opponent's bare toes for three seconds. Best two out of three rounds wins!
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• Time spent outdoors not wearing protective clothing and mosquito repellent – If you work or spend a lot of time outdoors (golfing, gardening, hunting, etc.), you’re at a higher risk of being bitten by mosquitoes.
The best way to prevent West Nile virus infection is to avoid mosquito bites.
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• Geographic region – The Dakotas have reported some of the highest cases per capita in the United States.
Risk factors for West Nile virus:
The mosquito most common for transmitting this disease generally stays close to the site it hatched from. Don’t let it be a container or rain gutter from your own property.
• Eliminate any standing water from your property, such as trash bins, plant saucers, rain gutters, buckets, etc.
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• Wear long sleeves and pants.
West Nile virus (WNV) is an infection transmitted by mosquitoes. The mosquito most common for trans mitting this virus is one that is widespread throughout the Grand Forks region. This mosquito does not dis criminate. People of all ages are susceptible to WNV infection, but the elderly are at higher risk for devel oping the more severe form of this disease (neuroinvasive illness). Children infected with WNV generally show no symptoms or may have a mild fever.
• Proximity – If you live in an area where WNV has already been identified or near mosquito larval habitat.
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• Time of year – The majority of WNV cases occur in August.
• Use mosquito-repellant products containing DEET.
If you're a veteran, are you in a veterans service organi zation? There are four groups, and while they differ in their origins, they all have the same goal: to help veterans. The largest organization is the American Legion. Across the country are more than 12,000 posts and approximately 2 million members. The Legion is to be thanked for the GI Bill of Rights, which has helped many veterans get a col lege or trade education and a home with a low mortgage rate. But the Legion has done much more: The organization has also donated $1 million to the Vietnam Veterans Memo rial Fund and sponsored a study on the effects of Agent Or ange. If you want to explore the Legion, read more online at www.legion.org.Likethename says, the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) steps up to help disabled veterans with nearly any thing they need. Just last year, for example, they provided 163,000 rides for veterans to reach their medical appointments and helped file over 150,000 claims. They have 26 transition service offices, helping veterans make the change to civilian life by providing benefits counseling. For more information on the DAV, start with www.dav
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• In July, 2000, a Concorde flight bound for New York from Paris crashed and burned on take-off from the Paris airport. The crash, which killed all 109 people aboard plus another four on the ground, was caused by a titanium shard on the runway, bursting one of the craft’s tires, which sent fragments into one of the Con corde’s engines, igniting a fuel tank.
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• There were 20 original Concorde jets, 18 of which remain, scattered around the world’s aerospace muse ums
• A nine-member crew was on board – two pilots, a flight engineer and six flight attendants. While the usual training time for pilots on a regular jet was 8 weeks, Concorde pilots’ training lasted 28 weeks. Seating ca pacity for the Concorde ranged from 92 to 128, but it wasn’t just people the airliner carrier – it was also used to carry commodities such as diamonds and human or gans destined for transplants.
• Several factors contributed to the end of the Concorde – the Paris crash, rising fuel prices, aging planes, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The supersonic jet’s last com mercial flight was in October, 2003, from New York to London. There had been 50,000 flights and 2.5 million passengers.
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• The oldest person ever to fly on the Concorde was 105-year-old Eva Woodman, a nursing home resident who had never been in a plane. For her birthday in 1998, Eva (who was 11 years old when the Wright Brothers made the first powered flight in 1903) was treated to a 90-minute flight aboard the plane. She arrived back at the nursing home to a party complete with a Concordeshaped cake.
• In 1996, the Concorde shattered all records for com mercial transatlantic crossing, when the flight from New York to London was completed in two hours and 53 minutes.
For 27 years, the Concorde shuttled passengers at a speed up to twice the speed of sound. Tidbits invites you to check out the facts on this supersonic passenger jet.
• The craft was painted with a specially-developed white paint that reflected the intense heat creating during the flight. The extreme speeds caused such heat that the plane would expand 6 to 10 inches during flight. Even the windows were hot during flight, unlike the cold of a normal jet plane.
• The Concorde was designed and built by a team of British and French engineers in the late 1960s. The plane was named as such because the word “Con corde” means “agreement.” It was built with powerful Rolls Royce engines and a nose cone that could move up and down, which reduced drag and enhanced top aerodynamic efficiency, as well as giving pilots a clear view during taxiing, take-off, and landing.
• The aircraft was not for those of moderate income. Pas sengers paid dearly for the speed and luxury, more than 30 times the price of a regular ticket. In 1997, those fly ing from New York to London paid $7,995 for a roundtrip ticket.
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• The first flights took off in January, 1976, with a Brit ish Airways jet flying from London to Bahrain, and an Air France plane flying from Paris to Rio de Janeiro. The jets flew at an altitude of 60,000 feet, over 11 miles high! It was high enough that passengers could see the curvature of the Earth.
• The word supersonic merely means that the jet could fly faster than the speed of sound. In fact, the Con corde had a take-off speed of 250 mph and a cruising speed of 1,340 mph. Depending on the temperature of the atmosphere, the speed of sound is about 760 mph, or 1100 feet per second.
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The rec center space was nicely decorated with blue painter's tape X spots across the floor, 10 feet apart. Then before we started, we got a little talk.
The senior center commandeered a large space at the rec center to use in an experiment. Their goal: to deter mine if we actually meant what we said about not coming in for exercise classes in a cramped senior center space where we're all breathing on one another. Find more room, we'd said, room to spread out.
There was a knowing nod from the coach and the ad monishment: "We'll be taking this nice and easy. Do not push yourselves. If you need to stop and rest, then do that. Nobody will judge you." He cast a fierce look around the room as he said that.
Hands went up, because, yes, we wanted more of this. We each took a handout at the door as we left, instruc tions for doing these exercises at home in case we didn't like the rec center setup. But I have a feeling we're all going to show up next week. It's the first bit of normal in two years. at the Rec Center
The routine the coach put us through was a perfect combination of nearly everything, starting with mild stretching, moving into a few minutes of yoga poses, some cha-cha steps, a few ballet moves, leg lifts, toe touches and more.
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Hands went up.
During our cool down (although we hadn't actually worked up a sweat) the coach inquired: "How many want to do this again? Twice a week, same time."
"How many of you haven't taken an exercise class in two years?" asked the too-young male exercise coach we'd never met before.
Hence, the borrowed space at the rec center (which had to cancel the Tots and Mommy Workout Hour ... something about a stay-at-home father objecting to the name of the class).
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• To test the seals on your refrigera tor and freezer, close a piece of paper in the door. If you can pull it out easily, it’s likely that your seal is loose. Clean or replace door gaskets for a better seal.•To keep vinyl seats bearable in summer heat, keep a few towels in your car and lay them over the seat. This also keeps the plastic parts of baby seats from burning little legs and arms.•You can use plain white bread to get fingerprints and smudges off of wall paper and semigloss painted walls. Just ball up the bread center (not the crust) and rub the smudge away.
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• On Sept. 6, 1995, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Rip ken Jr. plays in his 2,131st consecutive game. Ripken went on to play 2,632 games in a row before ending the streak by voluntarily removing himself from a game against the New York Yankees on Sept. 19, 1998.
• On Sept. 5, 1972, at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, a group of Palestinian terrorists, known as Black September, storms the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage. In an ensuing shootout at the Munich airport, the nine Israeli hostages were killed.
• On Sept. 9, 1942, in the first and only air attack on the U.S. mainland during World War II, a Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon's Mount Emily, setting fire to a state forest. The president immediately called for a news blackout for the sake of morale.
• On Sept. 10, 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving. A true breath test didn't come along until 1931 with a device called the Drunkometer. It involved a blow-up balloon and a tube filled with a purple fluid (potassium permanganate and sulfuric acid). Alcohol on a person's breath changed the color of the fluid from purple to yellow; the quicker the change, the drunker the person.
• On Sept. 7, 1936, Charles Harden Holley is born in Lubbock, Texas. Performing under the name Buddy Holly, he left be hind a rock 'n' roll legacy that includes "That'll Be the Day" and "Maybe Baby" after his death in 1959 at the age of 22.
• On Sept. 8, 1965, the five-year Delano Grape Strike begins as over 2,000 Filipino American farmworkers refuse to go to work picking grapes near Bakersfield, California. Over the next five years, even American households stopped buying grapes in support of the farmworkers.
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• On Sept. 11, 1857, Mormon guerrillas, stoked by a deep resentment of decades of public abuse and federal interfer ence, murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah. The conflict apparently began when the Mormons refused to sell the emigrants any supplies.
• The world contains about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes, about 500 of which have erupted in his torical time. The U.S. and its territories are home to 161 of these potentially active, ranking third in numbers behind Indonesia and Japan. Many of these are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is where the Pacific Plate connects with many sur rounding tectonic plates.
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• It takes 10 different systems to make the human body run properly – circulatory, digestive, excre tory, endocrine, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal, and integumentary. If you’re not familiar with the integumentary system, it’s just a fancy word for the system encompassing the skin, hair, nails, and glands.
• The White House might seem like a gigantic resi dence with its 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms spread over six levels. But Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms with 78 baths in its 828,000 square feet of space. The White House is just 55,000 square feet.
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• Twenty primary teeth are already present in the jaws of a newborn baby. They will begin to appear between six months and one year, and most children will have the full set of 20 by age 3. A full set of adult teeth numbers 32, but can be less if wisdom teeth are removed.
• In the world of transportation, a London doubledecker bus has room for 72 passengers. Compare this with the Mayflower, which held 130 people. The Titanic had room for 2,453, but its passen gers numbered only 2,208. The Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) can hold 2,931, and the Boeing 787 seats 323.
• Each normal human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, a total of 46. Twenty-two pairs, known as autosomes, are the same in males and females. The 23rd pair differ, with females having two “X” chro mosomes, and the male has one “X” and one “Y.”
• As of June, 2022, about 332,800,000 people live in the United States. For the world, that number exceeds 7.9 billion. Estimated births per day of the year are 206,489, with the esti mated number of deaths 86,689 worldwide.
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• A trillion is represented by the number one fol lowed by 12 zeroes. Fifteen zeroes constitute a quadrillion, while the number one and 33 ze roes is called a decillion. How about a googol? That number contains 100 zeroes!
• How much do you know about the amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Most citizens know that the first 10 amendments are known as the Bill of Rights, added to the document in 1791, guaranteeing personal and individual rights, such as freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to a fair and speedy trial. The 13th amendment, ratified in 1865, abol ished slavery, while the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920. Presidential term limits were established by the 22nd amendment in 1951, limiting the Chief Executive to two elected terms. A total of 27 Constitutional Amendments have been ratified, although just 25 are currently active. No longer active are the 18th Amendment, which created Prohibition in 1919, and the 21st Amendment, which repealed it in 1933. The most recent amendment, added in 1992, dealt with the compensation of U.S. Congress members. About 10,000 amendments have been proposed throughout the country’s history, but just 27 have been ratified.
• From April, 2021 to April, 2022, the world ex perienced 63,152 earthquakes. The vast major ity, 46,421, were a magnitude of between 3 and 4 on the Richter scale. Just 132 were above a magnitude of 6, and 14 quakes exceeding a 7.
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