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Fast facts: There is a house in Rockport, Mass., built entirely of newspaper. The Paper House at Pigeon Cove is 215 newspapers thick. In the original architectural design, the French Cathedral of Chartes had six spires. It was built with two spires. Most roofs in the Washington, D.C., area are designed to withstand at least 15 to 20 pounds of snow per square foot. While Columbus was seeking new world to the west, Italian engineers were rebuilding the Kremlin in Moscow. The largest movie theater in the world, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, opened in December 1932. It originally had 5,945 seats.

 

On this date: In 1868, a Hawaiian man surfed on the highest wave ever, a 50-foot tidal wave. In 1926, Robert Goddard performed the second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket. In 1933, an airplane flew over Mount Everest for the first time. In 1965, the first atomic-powered spacecraft was launched. In 1974, a reported 148 tornadoes hit an area covering a dozen states. In 1975, Bobby Fischer was stripped of his world chess title for refusing to defend it.

 

Quotable... "The potential for further terrorist acts remains high. The situation in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza remains extremely volatile with continuing terrorist attacks, confrontations and clashes." - A travel warning from the U.S. State Department regarding the situation in the Middle East.