Elgajiji Talking

Did you know?         

• The Canadian Tulip Festival is the largest tulip festival in the world. 
• The first video game was invented by Willy Higginbotham
• Earth’s distance from the sun varies between 91.4 million miles – in January – and 94.4 million miles – in July.
• Our sun is one of billions in the entire universe
• -90% of bird species are monogamous, as are 10% of mammals
• The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)
• The three largest land-owners in England are the Queen, the Church of England and Trinity College, Cambridge.
•  Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river.
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about te
• The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead"
• Libya has the only flag which is all one color with no writing or decoration on it
• On Sesame Street, Bert's goldfish were named Lyle and Talbot, presumably after the actor Lyle Talbot.
• South Africa is the only country with three official capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein