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Fast facts: The temperature of lava is dependent on its geographic location Birds don't fly by flapping their wings up and down. The motion is more forward and backward, like a figure eight on its side. In 18th century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid. Portmanteau words are descriptive word combinations, such as brunch - from breakfast and lunch. At birth, baby kangaroos are only about an inch long. The banana and the Bird-of-Paradise flower are in the same family.

 

On this date: In 1861, for the first time in the United States, telegrams were sent coast to coast. First in line to send a message was California Justice Stephen J. Field, who sent a message to President Abraham Lincoln. In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor of Bay City, Mich., went over Niagara Falls in a barrel on her 43rd birthday. She was the first person to live to tell about her adventure. In 1929, "Black Thursday" got its name when Wall Street investors panicked and ordered their stockbrokers to sell all their shares. Nearly 13 million shares traded hands, sending stock prices plummeting. In 1931, the George Washington Bridge opened, linking New York City with New Jersey. The bridge, a landmark in New York, has been featured in many movies and television shows. In 1939, in Wilmington, Del., women's nylon stockings went on sale for the first time at Wilmington Dry Goods. The inventor of nylon, the DuPont Company, is based in Wilmington.