1. The largest recorded snowflake was 15 in wide and 8 in thick. It fell in Montana in 1887.
2. The coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius) at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.
3. A 1960 Chilean earthquake was the strongest earthquake in recent times, which occurred off the coast, had a magnitude of 9.6 and broke a fault more than 1000 miles (1600 kilometers) long.
4. In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe.
5. The fastest 'regular' wind that's widely agreed upon was 231 mph (372 kph), recorded at Mount Washington, New Hampshire, on April 12, 1934.
6. The first commercial transatlantic telephone call was between New York City and London and occurred on January 7, 1927.
7. In the year 1935 the United States Congress announced the first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. It was initially declared a holiday in honor of friends.
8. RT Pointing (Australian Cricketer) is the Youngest Centurions in the World Cup Cricket history, he was 21 years & 76 days old when he made the record in 1995-96 against West Indies at Jaipur (India).
9. Black-eyed peas brought to the West Indies from West Africa by slaves, by earliest records in 1674.
10. Norway has won the most medals (263) at the Winter Games & United States has won more medals (2,189) at the Summer Games than any other country.
11. "The Boston Tea Party" took place in 1773, that was an act of direct action protest by the American colonists against British Government in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks belonging to the British East India Company on ships in Boston Harbor.
12. The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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