The Empire State Building does not sway... it gives. With a wind of 110 miles per hour, movement off center is never greater than one quarter inch, thus measurable movement is only one half inch, one quarter inch on either side.
A hippopotamus' scream has been recorded at 115 decibels --louder than a jet airliner at takeoff.
A cricket an inch long has a chirp that is audible for nearly a mile.
Polar bears are champion long-distance swimmers among land mammals, and it is not uncommon to find them at sea as far as 50 miles from land or an ice flow.
The United States had a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1866, or eight years before it had a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
A member of a wealthy Baltimore family, she was a novelist before becoming an expert on social etiquette. Her 1922 book, Etiquette, sold a million copies. She also had a syndicated newspaper column and radio program. Since her death in 1960, her book, a guide to good manners, has been reprinted many times. ? Emily Post ?
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