AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING XLII

1. A nautical day begins and ends at noon.

2. The words, "Beam me up, Scotty", were never spoken on "Star Trek. 

3. After 30 seconds, your Final Jeopardy pen quits working.

4. "Water Lillies" by Claude Monet are a series of 250 oil paintings that depict his flower garden.

5. Pioneering nutrition and fitness advocate Jack LaLanne opened his first gym in 1936 at age 21.

6. About 3,000 Euros are thrown into Rome's Trevi Fountain daily.

7. Martha Washington was the first and only woman ever pictured on U.S. paper currency. Her image appears on the $1 silver certificate

8. SOUTH DAKOTA and PIERRE, its capital, have no letters in common.

9. Italy contains two sovereign countries within its borders - San Marino and Vatican City.

10. A dram is 1/8 of a fluid ounce.