Amazing Facts - 39

1. A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph

2. Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930

3. Research on pigs led to the development of CAT scans.

4. The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years

5. Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour

6. In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada

7. The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles

8. The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m

9. In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats

10. One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet

11. A very Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery

12. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado

13. On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom "The Hank McCune Show."

14. A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood