21) Trivia of the Month.

It was recently reported that the technology contained in a

single Game Boy unit in 2000 exceeded all the computer power

that was used to put the first man on the Moon.

America purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for

$7,200,000 — about 2 cents an acre.

Scotland is credited as the birthplace of golf, since the

sport flourished there since the 15th century. It was customary, even then, to follow an exerting round of golf with a trip to the local tavern.

If you drove a car from Earth at a constant speed of 100

miles per hour, it would take about 221,000 million years to

reach the center of the Milky Way.

October 29th, 1945: The first ballpoint pens went of sale at

Gimbels department stores for $12.95.

Elephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency

that humans can hear.

Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, invented the first

alarm clock in 1787. It only rang at 4 a.m. because that's

what time he got up.