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The acreage of Sahara Desert is 2,239,998,000 which is 3.5 million square miles. Yes it was once fertile. Watermelons might have even been grown there.
You can argue the size of it. The Encyclopedia Britannica says the Sahara is 3.32 million square miles. The Live Science article claims it is 3.8 million square miles.
The number of high school graduates for spring 2020 is projected at 3,136,780 by the National Center for Education Statistics.
About 17.46 trillion peanuts are picked annually. A peanut weighs about .09 ounces. You can do the math yourself if you want to check the result.
Do you think Jethro Tull plays the flute well? As far as we know he never had time to play the flute while inventing the horse drawn seed drill and such in the 18th century. In the band that took his name, only Ian Anderson plays the flute.
Jackie Gleason claimed that Richard Nixon drove him to Homestead Air Force Base in Florida to see the bodies of extraterrestrials.
America uses but 5 percent of its electricity for lighting according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Of course, that is 216 billion kilowatt-hours.
Frigatebirds can stay aloft for weeks at a time. They have the largest wingspan to weight ratio of any bird.
Kitty litter was invented in 1947 by Ed Lowe who had just gotten out of the Navy. It was named Kitty Litter and trademarked. The trademark has since become genericized.
Buckle your seatbelt Dorothee because Belgium is going bye-bye. Yes Anthony, Europe gets tornados too. About 300 per year, actually.
Corn in any English speaking country but the United States means grain of any type. Yes, in England they can mean wheat when they say corn.