Interesting Facts - Page 113

Many people associate the 1960s with hippies, rebellion, and protests against the Vietnam War. But, in 1966, the #10 biggest hit in the U.S. was a pro-military song entitled "Ballad of the Green Berets".

The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was an expedition that circumnavigated the globe using only surface transit. No big deal right? After all, Magellan did it 400 hundred years earlier. But unlike previous circumnavigations, this one circled the globe in a north/south direction. Starting in London, they followed the Prime Meridian south to the South Pole, then traveled to the North Pole and finally returned to London.

Until 2019, male members of the U.S. Marine Corps were not allowed to use umbrellas while in uniform.

Miami University is located in the town of Oxford in the state of Ohio.

In 2007, the parliament of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain, passed the world's first legislation that would effectively grant legal personhood rights to all great apes. No word yet on whether chimpanzees have flocked to the islands to take advantage of their legal rights.