Stephenson Family Ties

Once upon a time when the world was
young there was a Martian named Smith.
Valentine Michael Smith was as real as
taxes but he was a race of one.
from: Stranger In a Strange Land
by: Robert A Heinlein

* The names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun’s surface!
* A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!

* It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
* Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!
* Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!

* The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the “American Pie.” (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
* When opossums are playing ‘possum, they are not “playing.” They actually pass out from sheer terror.
* The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
* Elephants can’t jump. Every other mammal can.

* Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.

* Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history.