Assorted Facts 2
New York's largest lake in Oneida measures 79.8 square miles.
The 641 mile transportation network known as the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll road in the United States.
The first public brewery in America was established by Peter Minuit at the Market (Marckvelt) field in lower Manhattan.
New York State is home to 58 species of wild orchids.
Horseheads is the first and only village in the United States dedicated to the service of the American military horse.
New York's highest waterfall is the 215 foot Taughannock.
New York has over 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.
If California's economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.
The California poppy is the official state flower. The California grizzly bear (Ursus californicus) is the official state animal.
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge contains the largest winter population of bald eagles in the continental United States.
California holds two of the top ten most populous cities: Los Angeles and San Diego.
Los Angeles is ranked the fourth largest economy in the United States compared to other states.
Simi Valley is the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
Yorba Linda is home to the Richard Nixon Library.
The Iron Door Saloon in Groveland claims to be the oldest drinking establishment in California. It was constructed in 1852.
Castroville is known as the Artichoke Capital of the World. In 1947 a young woman named Norma Jean was crowned Castroville's first Artichoke Queen. She went on to become actress Marilyn Monroe.
Pacific Park, on the venerable Santa Monica Pier, re-creates the amusement parks once dotting the ocean areas along the Pacific Coast. Featured are 11 amusement rides including the 1910-vintage hand-carved merry-go-round appearing in the movie "The Sting."
The Hollywood Bowl is the world's largest outdoor amphitheater.
The largest three-day rodeo in the United States is held on the Tehama County Fairgrounds in Red Bluff.
Reputed to be the most corrupt politician in Fresno County history, Vice-leader Joseph Spinney was mayor for only ten minutes.
Alpine County is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high school, ATMs, dentists, banks, or traffic lights.
The state motto is Eureka!, a Greek word translated "I have found it!" The motto was adopted in 1849 and alludes to the discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada.
Several celebrities are buried at Hillside Cemetery in Culver City. Included gravesites are those of Al Jolson, George Jessel, Eddie Canter, Jack Benny, and Percy Faith.
Fresno proclaims itself the Raisin Capital of the World.
The oldest cattle ranch in the US was started in 1747 at Montauk on Long Island.
Sam Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy who's caricature Uncle Sam came to personify the United States is buried at Troy's Oakwood Cemetery. During the War of 1812, he stamped "U.S. Beef" on his products which soldiers interpreted the U.S. abbreviation as meaning Uncle Sam.
Power Mill Park situated outside Rochester has a house on Park Road shaped like a group of mushrooms.
The first capital of the United States was New York City. In 1789 George Washington took his oath as president on the balcony at Federal Hall.
Niagara Reservation became the first state park in the United States.
New York was the first state to require license plates on cars.
The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843.
The first Eagle Scout was Arthur R. Eldred from Troop 1 in Oceanside. He was bestowed the honor in May 1912.
The Genesee River is one of the few rivers in the world that flows south to north.
Monkeys don't have feet. Since they have opposable thumbs instead of big toes, they are classified as being four-handed.
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass.
Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
Limelight was how we lit the stage before electricity was invented. Basically, illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.
As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.
Lettuce contains two to ten parts of morphine per billion.
Morphine was named after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
In the summer of 1967, Jimi Hendrix played seven gigs as the opening act for The Monkees.
Christopher Columbus believed until he died that he'd landed in Asia instead of in the "new world".
About 55% of all movies are rated R.
The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
Nuclear ships are basically steamships and driven by steam turbines. The reactor just develops heat to boil the water.
The amount of oil that is used worldwide in one year is doubling every ten years. If that rate of increase continues and if the world were nothing but oil, all the oil would be used up in 400 years.
Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.
The rickshaw was invented by the Reverend Jonathan Scobie, an American Baptist minister living in Yokohama, Japan, built the first model in 1869 in order to transport his invalid wife. Today it remains a common mode of transportation in the Orient.
An Amd 1400 chip running without a heatsink gets as hot as 370 degrees.
Seagate introduced the first hdd for pcs in 1979.It held 5 M.B of data.
If you opened up the case of the original Macintosh, you will find 47 signatures one for each member of Apple's Macintosh divison as of 1982.
The first computer company to register for a domain name was digital equipment corporation.
Apple & Sun came very close to a merger in 1996.