Happy Boxing Day - Did You Know?

Did you know…?
One of Amelia Earhart’s ( the great female aviationist) starts was from Newfoundland? Check this out…

At the age of 34, on the morning of 20 May 1932 Earhart set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland with the latest (dated) copy of a local newspaper. She intended to fly to Paris in her single engine Lockheed Vega, duplicating Charles Lindbergh's solo flight. Her technical advisor for the flight was famed Norwegian American aviator Bernt Balchen who helped prepare her aircraft. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes during which she contended with strong northerly winds, icy conditions and mechanical problems, Earhart landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland. When a farm hand asked, "Have you flown far?" Amelia replied, "From America." The site is now the Amelia Earhart Centre.

Did you know…?
Although the Aardvark, "earth pig", endemic to Africa, shares some similarities with the South American anteater, the two are not related. Hearing and sense of smell is acute but eyesight is poor. Tongue is sticky and can reach 45cm (18in) from the mouth. Eats primarily termites and ants.

The Polar Bear, the world's largest land predator, prospers in the harshest environments. Males can be 3m tall and weigh 650kg (1,400lb), while females weight about 250kg (550lb). Single bears trek up to 5,000km (3,100mi) across icy seas and tundra in search of food.

Did you know….?

Did you know that school would have been a lot more fun if we would have had the Internet to search all of these interesting facts?

Did you know that I am brain dead today – on this 2007 Boxing Day? Oh you guessed that… okay. No wonder people go shopping!

Pastor Murray Lincoln
Source
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Earhart
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