~ A dragonfly can fly about 36 miles per hour.
~ A grape is about 80% water; a raisin, about 15%.
~ Actress-director-producer Sofia Coppola, daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola, made her first screen appearance as the baby boy being christened in the famous baptism scene in "The Godfather." She was 3 weeks old when the scene was shot.
~ Oklahoma is the state with the most man-made lakes. It has more than 200 - created by building dams across streams. Its only natural lakes are shallow playas and oxbows. (
Next week: What are playas and oxbows?)
I really know I shouldn't but I couldn't help it...
~ An ultracrepidarian is a person who voices opinions beyond his or her scope of knowledge.
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