HUMAN BEATS ELEPHANT ON BLOOD CELL SIZE

The elephant may be the largest of land mammals, but its red blood cells are smaller than those found in humans.

The eggplant is a member of the potato family.

The crew of Apollo 11 spent about 22 hours on the moon in July 1969 with one 2-1/2 hour moonwalk. In November of the same year, the crew of Apollo 12 spent 31 hours on the lunar surface, collecting rock samples during two moonwalks.

Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, handed out the prizes at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, Mo.

Allspice comes from the berries of pimento dioica, an evergreen tree, native to Jamaica. The berries are most fragrant before they ripen, so when the fruit is harvested, berries that have matured are thrown away.

From 1870 to 1900, more than 30 American women designed and patented dishwashing machines. But Josephine Cochran stands above the rest. Her commercial dishwasher was the first to be manufactured. According to one newspaper, Cochran’s machine was “capable of washing, scalding, rinsing and drying from 5 to 20 dozen dishes of all shapes and sizes in two minutes.”

Results of a 2000 poll indicate that only 42 percent of American households have a gun.