Just The Facts 10-19

 

A bowler named James Blackstone once received a score of 299.5 after a pin cracked in half on the last frame. The bottom half of the pin fell remained standing, while the top half fell over.

The Mauna Kea mountain in Hawaii is actually taller than Mt. Everest when measured from its base (on the ocean floor) to its height. However, Mauna Kea extends less than 14,000 feet above sea level, whereas Everest extends more than 29,000 feet above sea level.

Roughly 14% of the caucasian population is missing a tendon in their arm known as the palmaris longus.