Fast Facts

December 16, 2005

Old Map JUST A FEW FUN FACTS I thought I would pass along to you. Please forgive me if I do this from time to time:

• Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a hospital.

• The U.S. military's specifications for making chocolate covered brownies and oatmeal cookies is 26 pages long.

• Antarctica doubles in size every winter.

• The significance of the number 21 in a 21-gun salute comes from adding the digits in 1776.

• The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table of Elements is the letter 'J'.

• The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. ■

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