The shortest flight in the world is by Loganair, a Scottish airline. The entire journey between two Orkney Islands, Westray and Papa Westray is a 1,750 yard flight, which takes as little as 47 seconds or up to 2 minutes, depending on winds.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
The stethoscope was invented because a French doctor felt uncomfortable placing his face on a younger woman's chest.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't heal itself.
The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.
The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
The USA bought Alaska from Russia for about 2 cents per acre ($4.74/km2). Treaty signed at 4 a.m. on March 30, 1867 with the purchase price set at $7.2 million.
The word "queueing" has five consecutive vowels.
The words "abstemious" and "facetious" both have all five vowels "a, e, i, o, u" in them in order.
There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one every day, it would take you over 20 years to try them all.
There are three things the human brain cannot resist noticing: food, attractive people, and danger.
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