Did You Know?

• An average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
• A typical lightning bolt is 2 to 4 inches wide and 2 miles long.
• Golfers use an estimated $800 million worth of golf balls annually.
• An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
• Every person has a unique tongue print.
• The human brain is 85% water.
• The can opener wasn't invented until 48 years after the can!
• Mockingbirds can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.

Made to Order

The Cat in the Hat uses 225 different words.

Dr. Seuss' publisher, Bennett Cerf, wagered $50 that the author couldn't reduce this total to 50 in his next book.

So Seuss produced a new manuscript using precisely 50 words, and collected the $50.

The book was Green Eggs and Ham.

See the original entry.

Honoring Soldiers And Their Families

One of my friends, a soldier named Ryan Keeter, is featured in the video on the following page. Go to Springfield, Illinois WICS ABC 20 Newsroom. This quote is from that page.

The freedoms we enjoy often come from the sacrifices of the men and women in uniform. But many times the mission abroad leaves the families back home with their own struggles.

Sunday the National Guard paid tribute to the contributions of both the troops and their loved ones.

ABC News Channel 20's Mike Brooks takes a closer look.

Riddles

Here's a riddle for you to guess.

A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a shotgun and points it at him. The man says "thank you" and leaves. Why did the man thank the bartender?

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ANSWER: The man had the hiccups and the water helped him stop it, and the gun scared him which also help stop his hiccups as well.

I Have A Dream - Martin Luther King Jr.

Sesame Street: Google Bugle

Cookie Monster performs a silly song.

Soap Bubbles Science

Like slow-motion video? Like soap bubbles? Me too! You will also like this video introducing some of the science behind soap bubbles and showing off the action of a soap bubble popping at a really slow speed. You can see the video in a larger format on YouTube with Keith Johnson of BubbleArtist.com