Honolulu is the world’s most remote major city.
It’s 2,300 miles from any settlement of more than 50,000 people.
Trivia
Good Grief
Charlie Brown’s baseball team has a win-loss record of 2-930.
Going Down
Step off Canada’s Mount Thor and you’ll fall 4,100 feet — more than three-quarters of a mile — straight down.
It’s the world’s largest vertical drop.
Dueling Namesakes
Portland, Oregon, was nearly named Boston.
Founder William Overton owed money to benefactors in Boston and in Portland, Maine. A coin toss in 1845 decided which city would give its name.
Well Prepared
Eagle Scouts:
- Neil Armstrong
- Stephen Breyer
- Clive Cussler
- Gerald Ford
- L. Ron Hubbard
- David Lynch
- Michael Moore
- Steven Spielberg
- Wallace Stegner
- John Tesh
- Sam Walton
- E.O. Wilson
“Regarding the Boy Scouts,” said George Carlin, “I’m very suspicious of any organization that has a handbook.”
Trivium
The Hoover Dam spans two time zones.
What’s in a Name?
Condoleezza Rice’s name is derived from the Italian musical expression con dolcezza.
It means “with sweetness.”
Trivium
Play-Doh was originally designed as a wallpaper cleaner.
Pith
Complete lyrics to the world’s shortest song, “You Suffer” by British grindcore band Napalm Death:
“You suffer–but why?”
It’s 1.316 seconds long, and band often performs it live.
Skill Sets
Discontinued merit badges:
- Clerk (1911)
- Horseman (1911)
- Seaman (1911)
- Mining (1937)
- Airplane Design (1952)
- Blacksmithing (1952)
- Cement Work (1952)
- Foundry Practice (1952)
- Soil Management (1952)
- Stalking (!) (1952)
- Wood Turning (1952)
- Farm Home and Its Planning (1959)
- Dairying (1975)
- Pigeon Raising (1980)
- Rabbit Raising (1993)
- Agribusiness (1995)
- Beekeeping (1995)
What did the Boy Scout say when he’d fixed the pager? “Beep repaired.”