The Battle of New Orleans, which made Andrew Jackson a national Hero, was fought two weeks after the end of the War of 1812.
With few exceptions, birds do not sing while on the ground.
By 1940, Hitler had developed jet airplanes and a television guided flying bomb. Hitler stopped development because he thought the war would be over by 1941.
A mosquito has 47 teeth.
In 1978, in a fusion power experiment, scientists at Princeton University created a temperature of 70 million degrees Celsius.
Jupiter is the largest planet but has the shortest day.
The coastline of Alaska is longer than the coastline of the lower 48 states.
Stainless steel was invented by complete accident.
A loss of 2 percent of the energy reaching earth would result in the freezing of the oceans.
During the Revolutionary War many brides wore a red wedding dress to symbolize rebellion.
The total number of different bridge hands possible is roughly 54 octillion: 54,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
The first commercial presentation of a film on a screen took place in 1895.
The first rules of baseball required the winning team to score 21 runs.
The largest animal that ever lived is alive today: The Blue Whale.
The first car radio was installed in 1929.
The boiling point of water varies with air pressure.
The New York Times endorsed Stalin to ascend to power in the Soviet Union.
Sportwriter Grantland Rice's obituary included his verse:
"When the Great Scorer comes,
To mark against your name,
He'll write not 'won' or 'lost,'
But how you played the game."
