Fast Facts Answers to Outside the Box puzzles from page 48 1. Shut up 2. Harry Potter 3. Split shift 4. J-walking 5. Icy stare 6. Bill of lading In the Rear-view Mirror Some of the events that occurred during the fall months of 1924. ▶ The Toastmasters International club was founded. ▶ The Prince of Wales arrived in Toronto and participated in a fox hunt. ▶ Ontario voters rejected a proposal to end the prohibition of liquor sales. ▶ A.A. Milne’s poetry collection When We Were Very Young was published. ▶ The Soviet Union displayed its first manufactured automobile. ▶ Ice hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Johnny Bower was born. ▶ Found guilty of high treason, Japan’s Prince Hirohito was hanged. ▶ Edwin Hubble discovered the Andromeda galaxy. ▶ The first “fax” sent across the ocean was transmitted from New York City to London. ▶ Civil war broke out in China. ▶ An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini failed. ▶ American author Truman Capote was born. Weird But True A collection of random trivia to file away for competition. ▶ Pigs don’t sweat since they have no sweat glands. ▶ Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient times. ▶ One-quarter of your bones are located in your feet. ▶ Cotton candy was invented by a dentist. ▶ A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds. ▶ King Charles owns all of the swans in England. ▶ Bumblebees can fly higher than Mount Everest. ▶ Sumo wrestlers make babies cry for good luck. ▶ The electric chair was invented by a dentist. ▶ Australia has pink and purple lakes. ▶ The majority of people in Iceland believe in elves. ▶ The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona, Spain. ▶ Snails have teeth, but they’re unlike ours. ▶ LEGO bricks withstand compression better than concrete. ▶ All mammals get goosebumps. ▶ A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the sun. This and That Nuggets of information about our world from past to present. ▶ The national flag with the most colours in it is Belize’s. ▶ Egypt is classified as the oldest country in the world. ▶ The largest contiguous land empire in history is the Mongol Empire. ▶ It’s calculated that 9,310 tweets are sent out every second. ▶ The most visited country on the planet is France. ▶ Tops in biodiversity, Brazil has more than 50,000 species of plants and trees. ▶ Longest reigning monarch was Louis XIV of France for 72 years. ▶ Marie Curie was the first person ever to win two Nobel Prizes. ▶ China is the most populous country in the world. ▶ Russia is the world’s most forested country. ▶ There are almost five billion internet users in the world. ▶ A tiger’s roar can be heard up to two miles away. ▶ Antarctica has the largest ice sheet on the planet. ▶ The tiny Easter Island is home to 887 giant head statues. All Ears With corn on the cob being one of fall’s favourite treats, here are a few kernels of information about this popular food item. ▶ The average ear of corn has 800 kernels in 16 rows. ▶ Corn cobs always have an even number of rows. ▶ World record for the tallest corn stock is more than 35 feet. ▶ There are 125 calories in a cup of corn. ▶ Corn was first domesticated in south Mexico 10,000 years ago. ▶ It is grown on every continent except Antarctica. ▶ Many consider corn a vegetable, but it’s actually both a grain and a fruit. ▶ One ear of corn has one silk strand for every kernel. ▶ Each corn plant produces one to three cobs. ▶ Usually yellow, corn also comes in colours such as green, red and white. ▶ More than 90 million acres on earth are dedicated to corn growing. ▶ It takes 91 gallons of water to produce one pound of corn. ▶ An ear of corn eliminates eight tons of carbon dioxide from our air. ▶ It is used in foods such as cereal, potato chips, soft drinks, cooking oil and more. ▶ Corn is also used in non-food items such as fireworks, glue, fabric, crayons, fuel, paint, laundry detergent, cosmetics and plastics. Edward, Prince of Wales 54 | www.snowbirds.org
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