AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING XVII

1. A giraffe has no vocal chords

2. 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the sun.

3. 90% of all people have black or brown hair.

4. One-half of all American rice is produced in Arkansas.

5. It is illegal to dress up as a priest or nun in Alabama.

6. There are 7.5 billion people on earth and 3 trillion trees.

7. In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was a declaration of love. 

8. San Bernardino county in southern California is the largest county in the United States. It is approximately the same size and shape as Tennessee.

9. Even though it's next to the Pacific Ocean, the Atacama desert in Northern Chile is the driest place on Earth.

10. The driest cities in the United States are Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, and Riverside/San Diego, CA. - in that order. Las Vegas gets an average of only 4.2 inches of rain per year.