AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CXVIII

1. Deltiology is the study and collection of post cards

2. The Amen Corner is 11th, 12th, and 13th holes of the Augusta National Golf Course - known for their difficulty. The name comes from an area of New York where Bibles were manufactured and many corners were occupied by preachers (and their audiences) who could be heard shouting "Amen."

3. The Amazon Basin is the area drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries - an area of 2,700,000 square miles. The basin covers 36% of South America and is the largest rain forest in the world. 

4. Ignacio Anaya (1895 -1975) was a maitre'd in Mexico when he invented nacho chips in 1940. He named them after himself, Nacho being the nickname for Ignacio.

5. The world's largest bowling alley is the Grand Bowl in Inazawa City, Japan - 116 lanes.

6. The Edsel, a notorious flop for Ford Motor Company, was named after Henry Ford's son, Edsel Ford.

7. The Mississippi River is the dividing point for radio station call letters - those to the west starting with K and those to the east starting with W.

8. The state flower of New Mexico is the yucca.