The corner of the old parchment paper was burnt on the edge, but I could still make out the faint drawing of the buried treasure map.

[goldylocks]

DID YOU KNOW?

The first sports trophy awarded in America was a silver porringer presented to the winner of a horse race at Newmarket, Long Island in 1669. A porringer is a shallow cup or bowl with a handle.

Venezuela's Angel Falls is a mile high.

Beethoven was totally deaf when he composed his Ninth Symphony.

In Greek mythology the muse Polymnia presided over hymns, pantomime and religious dance. Terpsichore presided over choral dancing and singing.

Salted-in-the-shell peanuts are soaked in brine to get the salt flavor before they are roasted.

The first license to broadcast regularly went to station WBZ in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Junior ushers and junior bridesmaids are usually eight to fourteen years old.

The substance that resembles human blood most closely is seawater.

The functionless "extra" claw on the inside of a dog's leg above the paw is called a dew claw.

To be classified as brilliant, a diamond is cut so as to have 58 facets.

Sequoia National Park is named for the Cherokee Indian who invented a system of writing.

Bathing suits known as bikinis take their name from an atoll in the Marshall Islands where the atomic bomb was tested.

Some places near the earth's equator receive as much as 400 inches each year.

In 1893, Queen Isabella of Spain became the first woman to be featured on a U.S. commemorative coin.