2002 was a palindrome year — it reads the same forward and backward.
They occur only once a century. The next one will be 2112.
Trivia
Homebodies
Only about 400 people have ever left Earth’s atmosphere. Only 12 have walked on the moon.
Two’s Company
Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were roommates at Harvard.
Early Training
The 1987 film Predator starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura.
Both went on to become United States governors.
Oh, Terrific
Cockroaches are some of the hardiest insects on the planet. They can survive without food for a month, and can live without their heads for up to a week. They can hold their breath for 45 minutes, and they have a very high resistance to radiation.
And they make group decisions.
Who’s There?
The door to the gold vault in Fort Knox weighs 24.6 tons.
Overachiever
Mount Everest is getting taller.
It rises by about 2.5 centimeters each year.
Straight and Narrow
Stature in Washington
At the time of its construction, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world.
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is incomplete. Artist Gutzon Borglum had planned to sculpt the four presidents from head to waist, but he died before he could finish the job.