Classmate Facts # 34 - Facts are Fun!

1. According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than the speed of light and faster than light, but it is impossible to go at the speed of light.

2. The Holland and Lincoln tunnels under the Hudson Power connecting New Jersey and New York are an engineering feat. The air circulators in the tunnels circulate fresh air completely every 90 seconds.

3. The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth;s orbit around the sun.

4. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch.

5. The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin. Genghis Khan started out life as a goatherd.

6. Some words which have no singular form are: alms, braces, clothes, eaves, pants, pliers, scissors, shorts, trousers.