Fact #101: Greenland is (technically) the largest island on Earth

With 840,00 square miles of area, Greenland is considered the largest island in the world.

Australia is larger than Greenland, but is considered a continent.

Fact #91: Earth is the only planet not named after a Pagan god

Venus, Jupiter, Mars and co....all Pagan Gods.

Fact #88: Alaska was purchased for 2 cents an acre

Once known as "Seward's Folly", Alaska was purchased for about $7.2 Million dollars in 1867, or about 2 cents an acre.

Fact #73: Florida is the only state in America currently without snow

49 states currently have snow on the ground, even Hawaii.

Fact #66: Three Mile Island is not three miles long

Three Mile Island, home to a major nuclear accident in 1979, is only about 2 miles long. The name comes form its 3 mile downriver distance from Middleton, Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna river.

Fact #59: The US has the most airports in the world

The United States has more than 15,000 airports, more than any other country in the world. Brazil comes in a distant 2nd, with 4000.

Fact #45: The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth

Well, it actually isn't a sea. The Dead Sea is a salt lake near Jordan and Israel, and at about 1,400 feet below sea level, has the lowest dry land elevation on the Earth's surface.

Fact #39: The Sahara Desert is bigger than the United States

"The Great Desert" in northern Africa is huge. The name Sahara is Arabic for desert. 12 countries lie within its vast range.

Fact #28: Arabic is the most spoken language in Africa

There are over 2000 different languages spoken in Africa. The most common is Arabic with over 170 million speakers, mainly in North Africa and the Horn of Africa. Swahili is a distant second at about 90 million.

Fact #26: Canada means "Big Village"

In the Huron-Iroquois language the word Canada means "Big Village".

I always thought it meant something along the lines of "the loft apartment above a great house party".

Fact # 22: James Garfield could write in Latin and Greek at the same time

The 20th President of The United States, James Garfield, was ambidextrous. He could write in Latin in one hand and Greek in the other simultaneously.

Fact # 18: Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida and Hawaii combined

Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined. The Land of 10,000 Lakes, oh yah.

Fact # 7 : The phrase "Holy Toledo" was coined in and refers to a town in Spain

This exclamation of surprise is a reference to Toledo, a city in central Spain. Toledo became one of the great centers of Christian culture after the Moors were kicked out in 1085. To this day there are many cathedrals and churches in the city.

Fact # 5 : Rhode Island has nearly twice the population of Alaska

The population of Rhode Island is almost twice that of Alaska. Rhode Island could go into Alaska about 546 times, making the population density in Rhode Island a bit more than Alaska.

Say the letters "E S P S" and you have just said ears pierced in a Roe Dylin accent.

Now say "hot", you just said heart - in the ocean state.

Fact #4 : Lake Nicaragua has the only Freshwater Sharks in the World

Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America and 19th largest lake in the world, is home to worlds only species of freshwater sharks. The aggressive, unpredictable Bull Shark calls the lake home. Other Bull Shark's have been known to enter into freshwater for short periods of time in other areas of the world, however only in Nicaragua do they live their entire lifespan in freshwater.