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Useless Facts 10
Missouri has been to most NCAA tournaments than any other college without reaching the final four.
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm are the Channel Islands that lie between England and France.
Located 137 miles north of Rome, San Marino is the oldest and one of the smallest republics in the world.
The "Missouri Waltz" became the state song under an act
adopted by the General Assembly on June 30, 1949
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
In 1812 Missouri was organized as a territory and later
admitted the 24th state of the Union on August 10, 1821.
The driest place on earth is a series of valleys near Ross island in Antarctica where, for the past 2 million years, no rain has fallen.
The Missouri State folk dance: square dance
The Missouri State musical instrument: fiddle
Missouri Day is the third Wednesday in October.
In Alaska’s Matanuska Valley, the long hours of sunlight are used, by some farmers, to grow giant vegetables. One such farmer grew a 100-pound cabbage.
The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
In the city of Reykjavik, Iceland, one can see the stars eighteen hours a day during the heart of the winter. During the summer, sunlight is visible 24 hours a day.
There are four places in the United States with the word "chicken" in their name. Chicken, Alaska; Chicken Bristle; in Illinois and Kentucky; and Chicken Town, Pennsylvania.
What was the original name of the game we now know as "pick-up sticks"? North American settlers played a game called "jackstraws" that involved literally picking up pieces of straw or wood splinters. The game became especially popular in the early eighteenth century, when ivory or bone sticks were used instead. Players tossed the sticks onto a smooth surface and challenged each other to pick up a designated color without disturbing the sticks of other colors. Today's "pick-up sticks" are usually made of colored wood or plastic.
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." Marilyn vos Savant
