The three states or territories with the highest voter turnout in the 1988 presidential election, in descending order, were:
1. Minnesota. 66.3 percent
2. Montana. 62.41 percent
3. Maine. 62.15 percent
The three states or territories with the lowest turnout, in ascending order, were:
1. Georgia. 38.79 percent
2. South Carolina. 38.91 percent
3. District of Columbia. 39.44 percent
Charles Darwin did not come up with the phrase survival of the fittest. The British philosopher and scientist Herbert Spencer introduced the phrase in Principles of Biology (1864-1867) as a way of describing Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
The continental shelf is an underwater ledge around the coastline of the world’s oceans. The edge of the shelf lies at depths of between 360 and 480 feet. The width may vary from a few feet to several hundred miles.
First used in 1940 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, the number googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. It was brought to public attention by Sirotta’s uncle, mathematician Edward Kasner, in his book Mathematics and the Imagination.
A common ingredient in many laundry detergents, optical bleaches (“fabric brighteners”) act by reflecting blue light. The blue light combines with the yellow discoloration in a fabric to produce white light that makes the fabric seem brighter.
Dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic era, 225 million to 65 million years ago. By the end of that era, all Archosauria (or “ruling reptiles”), except crocodiles, had died.
The 34.5-foot, 10,000-pound surface-to-surface Pershing missile has a range of approximately 400 miles.