Did You Know?

Now That's Hot!
The highest temperature recorded anywhere on Earth was in Aziziyah, Libya, in September of 1922 – 136 degrees Fahrenheit. Lybia is s in Northern Africa.

The highest temperature recorded in the United States was in Death Valley, Calif., in July of 1913 – 134 degrees Fahrenheit.
Source: Goddard Space Flight Center

Where Is Everybody?
The U.S. Census Burear reported in 2003 that the country's non-metropolitan population (people who don't live in cities) was 49 million. That's only 17 percent of the overall population but they are spread out among 252 counties which is 75 percent of the land in the U.S.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Who Drew the First American Political Cartoons?
Benjamin Franklin may have been responsible for the first political cartoon in America. The cartoon's caption was "Join or Die" and depicted a snake's severed parts, which Franklin used as an analogy for the American colonies.

Franklin's cartoon argued for the inter-ocolonial association - in other wards a national union.
Source: Stephen Hess and Milton Kaplan. The Ungentlemanly Art: A History of American Political Cartoons.