Summertime!
Well, since it is summertime and it's the season of our National Pastime, (I don't know how they came to that conclusion or who did the survey but I'll go along with that just to be nice), did you know:
The distance between home plate and second base on our national pastime's baseball diamond is 127 feet 3 3/8 inches (exactly)!

Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes entirely in the U.S.
That's my say for the day.

Well, it is that time again to impart a bit of trivia. Did you know:
In the 1700's and early 1800's, an artist charged a person they were drawing by the number of limbs that were visible in the painting. Thus, you were charged less to have one arm shown and cut off at the hips than all four limbs in a full length picture. That is where the expression, "It will cost you an arm and a leg." comes from.

More Tidbits:

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president born in a hospital.

The first picture on a U.S. postage stamp was that of Benjamin Franklin.

Paul Revere took his midnight ride on a horse named Brown Beauty.

Silent Cal Coolidge always lived up to his reputation. A woman sat next to him at a dinner gathering and said, "You must talk to me, Mr. Coolidge. I made a bet today that I could get more than two words out of you."
The former U.S. President replied, "You lose."

The White House was once painted grey and called the Executive Mansion.

He was born in England in 1903 and was once a boxer who fought under the ring name Packy East. This man went west and became one of America's most beloved entertainers, Bob Hope.

Did You Know:

The only product named after the U.S. Patent Office is patent leather, introduced in 1916.

Until Thomas Edison suggested using "Hello," most people answered their phones by saying "Ahoy."

The color red on the American flag stands for hardiness and valor; white symbolizes purity and innocence; and blue is for vigilance and perseverance.

Only through the fearless fighting of our ancestors and their strong desire to be free, are we the country that we are today. I believe that we should respect their memory by showing more respect for our country and our flag.
"America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom-is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man" President Woodrow Wilson

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
-President John F. Kennedy