• Effervescence was the longest English word using repeats of only one vowel for almost 100 years.

• The world's smallest speaker was recently created at The Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Laboratory in DeWitt Michigan. The speaker measures a scant 0.002 micrometers across. It is capable of producing noise of 0.0004 decibels.

• The strongest man-made material by weight is an alloy of aluminum, carbon, and neptunium. Unfortunately it is too radioactive to be used safely near organic matter.

• One percent of Americans have a day planner solely to keep track of when their television shows air.