AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING III 

1. According to the National Severe Storms Lab, at any given moment there are 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth.

2. U.S. Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe all passed away on July 4th - Independence Day.

3. Mr. Clean's name changes around the globe. In Germany he's Meister Proper, and in Spain he's Don Limpio.

4. NASA and Cal Tech have used the laws of gravity and mathematics to determine that the earth weighs 13 septillion,170 sextillion pounds: 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

5. Approximately 17% of all American restaurants are pizzerias.

6. All pilots and air traffic controllers - regardless of their native language or where they come from -  are required to know Aviation English, a 300-word language designed to insure clear communication and safety.

7. Barbie and Ken have full names. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Ken's full name is Kenneth Sean Carson.

8. Instructions on ATMs in Vatican City are in Latin.

9. 42 buildings in Manhattan have their own zip codes.

10. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) at its last printing in March, 1989 had 21,730 pages.