Trivia and Amazing Facts 04-02-08

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• Other names for a railroad caboose are crumb box, brain wagon, bazoo wagon, strawberry patch, and loose cage.

• The word "geriatrics" was not coined until 1951.

• WHICH CONTINENT IS THE MOST POPULOUS? Asia, by far. Its population in 1989 - including the Soviet Union's - was estimated at 3.35 billion. The next most populous country, Africa, had only 646 million people. Antarctica, the least populous continent, is virtually uninhabited.

• There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.

• HOW MANY STARS ARE TOO FAINT TO BE SEEN? In our galaxy alone, there are about 100 billion stars. In the universe that we can see, the number of stars is estimated at 10 to the 22nd power.

Maxine