BROOKLYN BRIDGE MEASURES UP

The length between the two towers of New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge is 1,595.5 feet.

Other than for flights to Denver, almost all air travel out of New York’s La Guardia Airport is limited to trips of 1,500 miles or less. The Port Authority made the rule when it opened what is now John F. Kennedy International in order to encourage use of the newer airport.

Tug-boats work better pushing than pulling. That’s because a tug leaves its own wake, which creates added turbulence for the barge, which is being pulled.

After the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s convertible Lincoln was sent back to the Ford Motor Company to receive protective armor and other safety features. The renovations, which included bulletproof glass, armor plate and a compartment for submachine guns, added six feet to the car’s original length and brought it up to a total weight of 9,300 pounds.

Half of all astronauts experience motion sickness while in space.

The favorite hobby of Russian Czar Peter the Great was shipbuilding. In 1697, Peter traveled to Holland on holiday and worked in a shipyard in Zaandam. He tried to avoid unnecessary attention by using the name Peter Mikhailov.