AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING LIX

1. Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It is 200 miles long and borders six states, from Maryland to Virginia. It holds more than 15 trillion gallons of water, at about 25% salinity.

2. Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi, and her son Rajiv Gandhi all served as prime ministers of India.

3. The first ATM machine in the United States was installed in the Chemical Bank (now part of Chase) at its branch in Rockville Centre, New York in 1969.

4. Basal metabolism is the minimum amount of energy required to maintain vital functions in an organism at complete rest. 

5. Of the 56 official ethnic groups of China, the largest group is the Han, making up over 92% of China's vast population. It is the elements of Han civilization that are regarded as "Chinese culture."

6. Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees at a concert in 1967. 

7. Squirrels and beavers are rodents.