February 17th, 1930, was the first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis.

Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup.

The U.S. is the largest country named after a real person (Amerigo Vespucci).

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