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Stupid Facts

• The hottest place in the world is El Azizia, Libya.

• The most massive star known is the Pistol Star, which has a mass about 100-150 times that of the Sun.

• The Sahara is the largest desert in the world at 3,500,000 square miles.

• Russia is the largest country at 17,075,400 square miles.

• Mount Everest in Nepal is the largest mountain at 29,035 feet (8,850 meters).

• The area between your nose and mouth with the two vertical lines is called the "philtrum."

• Pretzels without salt are called "baldies."

• "Pennsylvania" is missing an "n" and thus misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

• The Sand Swimmer snake swims through loose sand like water.

• The Collared Lizard can run on its two hind legs.

• The Road Runner is a bird that can run up to 17 mph.

• The Archer Fish spits at bugs up to 6 feet away to knock them into the water to eat.

• The Velvet Worm fires lassos of glue up to 3 feet to ensnare insect prey.

• The Pistol Shrimp "shoots" water and sound from its pincher to stun its prey.

• The Frogfish can expand the volume of its mouth by 12 times in less than six-thousandths of a second, making it one of the fastest feeding vertebrates known to science.

• The Chameleon's tongue is longer than its body.

• The common eggplant is white shaped like an egg. The more popular dark-skinned ones are of the Italian variety.
  (see Fruits and Vegetables)

• Sometimes seen on NYC streets, huge canisters of liquid nitrogen are tubed underground through manhole covers to keep telephone lines dry.

• Moths rest with their wings open flat, whereas butterflies rest with their wings together.

• Humphrey Bogart never said, "Play it again, Sam" in the movie Casablanca.
  (See Academy Award Winners)

• Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

• Sherlock Holmes was not a real person.

• Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

• Napalm is named for its ingredients: naphthelmic acid, palmitic acid, and gasoline.

• The term "spa" is derived from a town in Belgium of the same name, known for its baths and mineral springs.

• The first animal in space was a dog named Laika, November 3, 1957.

• U.S. currency measures 2.61 inches wide by 6.14 inches long, and the thickness is .0043 inches.

• The approximate weight of a currency note of any denomination is 1 gram.

• The 100 dollar note has been the largest denomination of currency in circulation since 1969.
  (see Coins and Currency)

• A vexillologist is an expert in the history of flags.