Illustration by Arnulfo Bermudez

· No one over 6 feet tall can qualify for entry into the U.S. Space Program.

· Of the 156 female college presidents in the United States, 105 are nuns.

· The New York Yankees was the first baseball team to identify players by numbers.

· More than 50 percent of Americans travel more than a million miles in their lives.

· Clinophobia is the fear of beds.

· No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.

· Runlet, tierce, puncheon, pipe, gill, tun and firkin are all terms used by winemakers in the weighing and measuring of wine.

· Clocks made before 1687 had only one hand: the hour hand.

· Only female mosquitos bite.

· Flies prefer to breed in the center of a room.

· A house in the United States catches fire every 45 seconds.

· The population of Colombia doubles every year.

· In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

· It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 miles to frown.

· People's noses and ears continue to grow throughout their lives.

· Asia is home to 80 percent of the world's rose species.

· More than 71 million gallons of water pass over Victoria Falls in Africa each minute.

· Vestiphobia is the fear of clothing.

· Rubber is an ingredient in bubblegum.

· In the marriage ceremony of ancient Incas, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to one another.

· There are 1.3 million people in the United States with the surname of Smith.

· Elizabeth I of England owned more than 3,000 gowns.