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1. The Sears tower in Chicago is 110 stories high.
2. The Empire State Building in New York City is 1,250 feet high.
3. The Nile is the world’s longest river. It is 4,180 miles long.
4. The Amazon River in South America is 6,396 kilometers long.
5. Alaska has the lowest recorded temperature of any state. In 1981 the temperature
recorded was -81 ° Fahrenheit.
6. The highest recorded temperature in the United States was in Death Valley California,
where is reached 57 ° Celsius.
7. The world record rainfall occurred in Cherrapunji, India, where 1,042 inches of rain fell
in one year.
8. In the United States, the record rainfall is held by Kukui, Hawaii where 1878 centimeters
fell in 1982.
9. The largest hailstone ever to fall landed in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1979. It had a diameter
of 44.5 centimeters which is also 17.5 inches.
10. The longest punt in NFL history was by Steve O’Neal of the New York Jets. He kicked
the football 98 yards.
11. In 1953 A. C. Glassel caught a marlin that weighed in at 1560 pounds.
12. The dimensions of a professional basketball court are 94 by 50 feet.
13. In 1986, Bobby Rahal won the Indianapolis 500 averaging a speed of 170 miles per hour.
14. In August 1989, the US spacecraft Voyager passed the planet Neptune at a time when the
planet was 2.8 billion miles from the Sun.
15. The Earth is about 150 million kilometers from the Sun.
16. The temperature of the core of the Earth is estimated to be 11,000 ° Fahrenheit.
17. The world’s fastest aircraft was the Lockheed SR-71 A/B Blackbird. it had a record speed
of 3,530 kilometers per hour.
18. Iowa is the biggest corn producer in the country. Each year it averages over 1.6 million
bushels.
19. One large cooked egg yields an average of 6 grams fat.
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20. One large cooked egg yields an average of 274 milligrams cholesterol.
21. A 16 year-old female requires an average of 2,100 kilocalories of energy per day.
22. The US has an area of 8,649,496 square miles.
23. The US produces and consumes more energy than any other nation. Each year we
produce over 2,500 billion kilowatt-hour .
24. The Great Wall of China is 4,500 miles long.
25. Michael Johnson ran the fastest men’s 200 meters in 19.22 seconds.
26. Each year, an average American drinks 42.7 gallons of soda.
27. A typical dinner spoon can hold about 10 milliliters.
28. An average hat for a person could hold about 1 - 2 Liters.
29. A medicine cup usually holds about 1 fluid ounce.
30. A golf ball has a mass of about 45 grams.
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