AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING LXV

1. The Ner Tamid, Hebrew for "eternal light", is a lamp that is kept burning continuously in front of the Holy Ark (containing the Torah) in a synagogue. 

2. In L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's shoes were silver. They became ruby slippers in the 1939 MGM musical because red stood out better than silver against the yellow brick road.

3. NUNAVUT (Our Land) was carved from the Northwest Territories as a homeland for Canada's native Inuit people, and became the newest Canadian territory on April 1, 1999.

4. An ectomorph is someone with a thin body build, while a mesomorph is someone with a sturdy or muscular build.

5. The Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and the familiar images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus were all created by cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902).

6. Resembling a large guinea pig, the capybara of Central and South America is the world's largest living rodent.

7. ROID rage refers to the violent behavior that may result from excessive use of anabolic steroids.

8. A googol is the number 10 raised to the hundredth power, written as the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes.

9. Performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony in 1986 were

Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard,, and Elvis Presley.

10. Foggy Bottom is a low-lying area of Washington, D.C. - near the Potomac River. The U.S. State Department is often referred to as Foggy Bottom because its headquarters are located there.