Stupid Facts

• There are more than 15,000 different varieties of rice.
  
  
• When lightning strikes, it immediately heats the air around the bolt to 30,000 degrees. The surface of the sun is 10,000 degrees.
  
  
• The most-grown crop in the world, in terms of output by weight, is bananas.
  (see Fruits and Vegetables)
  
  
• The average weight of a bunch of bananas is about 25 pounds.
  
  
• The male seahorse carries the developing young and gives birth.
  (see Animal Groups and Young)
  
  
• The word "stat" used in hospitals is short for "statim", the Latin word for immediately.
  
  
• A cord of wood is a rectangular pile of wood measuring 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high and 8 ft. long.
  
  
• The Dromedary camel has one hump, and the Bactrian camel has two.
  
  
• The age of a horse can be determined by examining its teeth.
  
  
• The rhinoceros is most closely related to the horse.
  
  
• Sea scallops are hermaphroditic.
  
  
• The part of the scallop eaten as food is the adductor muscle used to open and close their shell.
  
  
• The name Hippopotamus comes from Greek for "River Horse".
  
  
• The Great Lakes can be remembered using the acronym HOMES: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
  (see United States)
  
  
• An easy way to remember the Great Lakes in order of biggest to smallest is the mnemonic: Super Man Hates Eating Oreos (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario)