Classmate Facts # 55 - Impressed?

1. An atomic clock is accurate to within 1 second in 1.7 million years.

2. Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first e-mail in 1976.

3. On every continent there is a city called Rome.

4. There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK.

5. To make one kilo of honey, bees have to visit 4 million flowers, travelling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.

6. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.

7. Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

Classmate Facts # 54 - Ice-Berrrg!

1. The largest northern Hemisphere iceberg was encountered near Baffin Island in 1882. It was 13 km long, 6 km wide and was about 65 feet above water. The mass of that iceberg was in excess of 9 billion tons!

2. The interior temperature of icebergs can be in the range of -15 to -20 degree Celsius.

3. Usually white, blue or green in colour, icebergs may extend downward 1000 feet below water and reach a height of more than 200 feet above water.

4. Why do icebergs look mostly white? Because of all the air bubbles trapped inside, reflecting white light!

5. Icebergs float because the density of ice is lower than the density of seawater.

6. Icebergs are made entirely of fresh water and are therefore not salty! So you can eat bits off an iceberg!

Classmate Facts # 53 - It Happened in the 20th Century

1. 1947 - The Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered by a Bedouin Shepherd in Jordan - dating from the 1st century, they are in Aramaic, the language of Jesus, and Hebrew.

2. 1908 - Henry Ford rolls out his first Ford Model T, the car for the people!

3. 1927 - Charles Lindbergh flies non-stop from New York to Paris in the "Spirit of St. Louis".

4. 1917 - Charlie Chaplin signs the first million dollar movie contract.

5. 1994 - An asteroid passes the earth at only 160,000 km.

6. 1902 - The teddy bear is created after a Russian immigrant sees a newspaper cartoon depicting President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.

7. 1978 - The first test tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in England!

Classmate Facts # 52 - Rep...Rep......... Reptiles

1. The most venomous of all snakes is the Inland Taipan, which has enough venom in one bite to kill more than 200,000 mice.

2. There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.

3. The poison arrow frog South and Central America is the most poisonous animal in the world.

Classmate Facts # 51 - Finishing Point

1. A chequered flag is waved to indicate the end of a race as the car passes the finish line.

2. Every time you lick a stamp, you are consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

3. Super Glue was invented by accident. The researcher was trying to make optical coating materials and would test their property by putting them between two prisms and shining light through them. When he tried the Cyano-Acrylite, he couldn't get the prism apart.

Classmate Facts # 50 - Just Wanna Do It

1. The woodpecker can peck at wood twenty times a second! some speed that!

2. It may take longer than 2 days for a chick to break out of its shell.

3. Do you know that ELEPHANTS cannot jump?

Classmate Facts # 49 - Time 2 Sleep

1. Elephants sleep for only 2 hours a day.

2. Lions sleep for upto 20 hours a day.

3. The domestic cat is the only cat species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. Wild cats hold their tails horizontally, or tucked between their legs while walking.