• One out of three Floridians relies on the Everglades for their water supply
  • To get from one side of the Grand Canyon to the other you can drive the 215 miles around one end or hike a total of 12 miles down one side and up the other
  • It takes a 50 mph wind to move the top of Gateway Arch in St. Louis by 1.5 inches
  • Supai Village, at one end of the Grand Canyon, is the only place in the U.S. where mail is still carried out by mule
  • Often referred to as a swamp or wetland, the Everglades is actually a very slow moving river
  • In the early 1600s a woman’s dress in the Yorktown Colony was made with about 18 yards of fabric and was as valuable as a mini-van today
  • The Grand Canyon is the second largest canyon in the world; the largest is the Tsangpo Canyon in Tibet
  • 24% of the nation’s salt comes from Louisiana