FACTS OF THE MONTH:

US Interstates that primarily run north-south end in odd numbers, while east-west interstates are even-numbered. Loops around cities are three digits starting with an even number. Rarer spurs heading out of town are three digits beginning with odd numbers.

If Greenland were to become a state, the geographical center of the United States would be in Canada.

The goldfish is the only animal that can see in both the infrared and the ultraviolet.

You can tell direction from a tree stump. The growth rings are spread further apart on the south side.

There is more alcohol in mouthwash than in wine.

One out of four doctor's second opinions do not confirm the first doctor's.

Blue-eyed people have better night vision.

In 1875 the director of the U.S. Patent Office resigned, claiming there was nothing left to invent.

The Sahara Desert is expanding southward at the rate of 30 miles per year.

The last triple-header in Major League Baseball was an October 1920 series pitting Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

William Moulton Marston, the inventor of the lie detector, was also the creator of Wonder Woman.

The minute hand did not appear on clocks until 1687.

Continental drift is causing the Atlantic Ocean to increase its width by about an inch per year.

The last time a calendar month went by without a full moon was in February 1866. The next occurance will be in almost 2½ million years.

As far back as the mid-eighties, a computer wasn't officially IBM-compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator.

According to Al Capone's business card, he was a used furniture salesman.

The Star-Spangled Banner is the only national anthem whose lyrics do not include the name of the country.

The running time of this summer's "George of the Jungle" live-action movie will be longer than all of the '60s George cartoons combined.

Lubbock, Texas has no storm drains, because there is no nearby river for anything to drain into.

Hot water weighs more than cold water.

The first few episodes of "Rocky and Bullwinkle" had a laugh track.

Only 25% of women fail in business, compared to 80% of men.

A recent study shows that half of all Catholic marriages end in divorce, the same rate as in non-Catholics.

Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.

The first time ABC decided to carry the Indianapolis 500 live (it had previously been taped for prime-time airing) the event was rained out and postponed until the following Saturday. If ABC had stuck with their old schedule, it would've been broadcast live anyway.

At sixty degrees south latitude you can sail all the way around the world without hitting land.

People who wanted to get rid of other people without killing them used to burn their houses down. From this we get the term "being fired".

The Statue of Liberty's tablet is two feet thick.

Debra Winger provided the voice for E.T.

The longest word in the English language containing only one vowel is 'indivisibility'. The longest word containing no vowels is 'rhythm'.