WHAT FAMOUS AMERICAN ACTRESS WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN A U.S. AIRLINE?
Maureen O’Hara. From 1978 to 1981, she was president of 27-plane Antilles Air Boats, an airline based in the Virgin Islands that had been operated by her pilot husband until his death. IS THE EARTH ROUND? Technically the earth has a flat spot near the top. WHAT SPECIAL TRAINING WAS REQUIRED OF THE FIRST AIRLINE STEWARDESSES, HIRED BY UNITED AIRLINES IN 1930? They had to be registered nurses. The requirement was dropped twelve years later. AT 11:03P.M. ON FEBRUARY 28, 1983, WHY DID WATER USAGE IN NEW YORK CITY RISE BY AN UNPRECEDENTED 300 MILLION GALLONS? The final episode of M*A*S*H had just ended, and an estimated one million New Yorkers flushed their toilets in unison. WHAT STATE, OF THE CONTIGUOUS 48, TOUCHES ONLY ONE OTHER STATE? Maine–it touches only New Hampshire. WHAT WOOD IS MOST WIDELY USED IN MAKING PENCILS IN THE UNITED STATES? Cedar–more specifically, the incense cedar of the high Sierra Nevada in northern California. It has a straight grain and is soft enough to be sharp
