Ten Random Facts

Hale's 100 inch lens built in the early 1900s was the largest solid piece of glass made until then. The lens was made by a French specialist who poured the equivalent of ten thousand melted champagne bottles into a mold packed with heat maintaining manure so that the glass would cool slowly and not crack.
Science and Technology

Basking sharks grow to over 30 feet long.
Animals

Songwriter Irving Berlin supported Jewish charities and organizations and donated many dollars to worthwhile causes. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented Berlin with a gold medal in recognition of his services in composing many patriotic songs for the country.
People

Mother prairie dogs will nurse their young only while underground in the safety of the burrow. If an infant tries to suckle above ground, the mother will slap it.
Animals

Dominos Pizza sales typically double on Super Bowl Sunday.
Surveys

The White House was the biggest house in the United States until the Civil War.
Structures

African elephants only have four teeth to chew their food with. However, each tooth is 12 inches long, and their tusks are elongated teeth that grow throughout their lives, like fingernail.
Animals

Marlon Brando is the only actor to have starred in two of the top 10 films on the American Film Institute's "100 Greatest Movies" list. Those films were "The Godfather" (1972) which ranked Number 3, and "On the Waterfront" (1954) which ranked Number 8.
Entertainment » Movies

The 1990 New York Yankee pitching staff set an all-time record with the fewest complete games, three.
Sports

The first inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 were Ty Cobb (center field), Walter Johnson (pitcher), Christy Mathewson (pitcher), Babe Ruth (right field), and Honus Wagner (short stop). They were selected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Sports » Baseball

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