Fast Facts Answers to Outside the Box Puzzles from page 48 1. Green around the gills 2. Vanishing cream 3 Somewhat misleading 4. Joint custody 5. A pain in the neck 6. Favourite meeting place Weighing In A few interesting poundage weights. ▶▶The average human head weighs about 11 lb. Think bowling ball. ▶▶Americans eat about 35,000 tons of pasta a year. ▶▶The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers. ▶▶People who work at night tend to weigh more. ▶▶The average elephant produces 50 lb. of dung daily. ▶▶A bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight. ▶▶The average iceberg weighs 20,000,000 tons. ▶▶Sixty cows can produce a ton of milk each day. ▶▶The shell is 12% of an egg’s weight. ▶▶The average woman will consume more than six lb. of lipstick over her lifetime. ▶▶A blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants. ▶▶The Statue of Liberty weighs more than 225 tons. DolphinData Some facts which you may not know about these playful mammals. ▶▶They stay with their mothers from three to eight years. ▶▶Dolphins can dive up to 1,000 ft. ▶▶They can live for up to 50 years. ▶▶There are at least 36 different species. ▶▶They are extremely intelligent. ▶▶Dolphins never chew their food; they swallow it whole. ▶▶Killer whales belong to the dolphin family. ▶▶Some dolphins can swim 20 miles per hour. ▶▶They help the sick and injured in their particular pod. ▶▶When they sleep, a part of their brain remains alert against danger. ▶▶The Amazon River is home to four species of river dolphins. ▶▶Dolphins originally evolved from land animals. ▶▶They live in groups and co-operate with each other to get food. ▶▶They can jump as high as 20 feet out of the water. Mental Floss A mixed bag of trivia. ▶▶Tree sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes. ▶▶It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose. ▶▶Octopuses have three hearts. ▶▶Lobsters taste with their feet. ▶▶Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant. ▶▶Michelangelo wrote a poem about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel. ▶▶Shadows are darker on the moon. ▶▶The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona. ▶▶“Albert Einstein” is an anagram for “ten elite brains.” ▶▶The world’s largest national park is in Greenland. ▶▶The Eiffel Tower took more than two years to build. ▶▶Bees can sting other bees. ▶▶The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles once said “Hollywoodland.” ▶▶Russia has more surface area than the planet Pluto. TheySaid It “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” –Albert Einstein “Courage is grace under pressure.” –Ernest Hemingway “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” –Dr. Seuss “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” –Mae West In The Rear View Mirror Canadian anniversaries – 2021 ▶▶125th of the discovery of gold in the Yukon, sparking the Klondike Gold rush. ▶▶150th of the province of British Columbia joining Confederation. ▶▶100th of the election of Agnes Campbell MacPhail, first female member of Parliament. ▶▶100th of the discovery of insulin. ▶▶50th of the JUNO awards. ▶▶100th of the proclamation of the arms of Canada by George V depicting the royal coats of arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and France, with three maple leaves representing Canada. ▶▶200th of the start of the Lachine Canal construction to expand trading networks on the St. Lawrence River. 54 | www.snowbirds.org
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