1. The largest snowflake was recorded in 1887 at Fort Keogh, Montana. It was reportedly 15 inches in diameter and eight inches thick.
2. The average pencil holds enough graphite to draw a line about 35 miles long . . . or to write roughly 45,000 words.
3. The town of Green Bank, West Virginia banned cell phones and wifi because of an extremely sensitive government telescope. And that’s made it a mecca for people who are sensitive to electromagnetic waves.
4. Flight attendants in Brazil are required to train in rainforest survival techniques . . . just in case they’re on a flight that crashes in the Amazon.
BONUS FACT
5. Men who are castrated live longer than men who keep their testes . . . by an average of about 14 years.
(Chicago Tribune / Discover Magazine / Washingtonian / Escape / io9)
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