Fat content, in grams, of Big Macs around the world:
Google’s 2004 IPO announced it intended to raise $2,718,281,828.
That’s e to 9 decimal places.
Elvis Presley had an eighth-degree black belt in karate.
Each year, the moon moves 3.82 centimeters farther from Earth.
Honolulu is the world’s most remote major city.
It’s 2,300 miles from any settlement of more than 50,000 people.
Charlie Brown’s baseball team has a win-loss record of 2-930.
Step off Canada’s Mount Thor and you’ll fall 4,100 feet — more than three-quarters of a mile — straight down.
It’s the world’s largest vertical drop.
Portland, Oregon, was nearly named Boston.
Founder William Overton owed money to benefactors in Boston and in Portland, Maine. A coin toss in 1845 decided which city would give its name.
Eagle Scouts:
“Regarding the Boy Scouts,” said George Carlin, “I’m very suspicious of any organization that has a handbook.”
The Hoover Dam spans two time zones.
