CONVERTING WIND TO ELECTRICITY

Scientists claim that economically converting wind into electricity requires an average wind speed of 14 miles per hour. The Office of Energy Information Administration says that 37 states have locations with sufficient wind speed for establishing such wind farms.

A male donkey is a jack. A female donkey is a jennet.

Turtles have no teeth.

In 2003, the U.S. Mint produced more than 12 billion new coins. Of those, pennies accounted for more than half of all production, with 6.8 billion created. Quarters were second at a count of 2.3 billion new coins. Just over 2 billion new dimes were also made that year.

Tennessee became the country’s 16th state in 1796. But for many in the former territory’s eastern counties, this was not their first experience with statehood. Those counties had briefly seceded from North Carolina and declared themselves the State of Franklin in 1784, a government which stayed in place for almost four years.

If the average man never shaved, his beard would grow to almost 30 feet during his lifetime.

The entire United Kingdom is slightly smaller than the state of Oregon.

A sneeze may project particles from the nose and mouth at rates, approaching 100 miles per hour.