Which U.S. federal agency employs the most people?
As of May 1988, the Department of Defense employed the most, with 1,066,805 civilian employees.
The Copyright Royalty Tribunal employed the fewest, with seven.
The oldest moon material brought back to earth by the Apollo program crews has been soil-dated to 4.72 billion years.
The center of the 48 contiguous states is in Smith County, Kansas, near the town of Lebanon. The center of the 50 states is in Butte County, South Dakota, west of the town of Castle Rock.
Close encounters of first kind is the sighting of UFOs. Close encounters of the second kind is the finding of physical evidence of UFOs. A close encounter of the third kind is actual physical contact with UFOs.
We drink about 16,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
The largest plant in the world is said to be the General Sherman Tree, a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park, California. The tree is about 272 feet tall and more than 100 feet in circumference. It is about 3,500 years old.
To galvanize steel means that a zinc coating is applied, either by “hot-dipping” the steel in molten zinc or by electroplating it in an electrolytic process. Thus protected against exposure, galvanized iron or steel is less liable to rust.