
It snows in the Sahara Desert.

In March of 1992, the Common Council of Syracuse, NY, passed a decree that any snow after Christmas Eve was illegal. It snowed two days later.

James K. Polk is the only former Speaker to be elected President. The only other Speaker to be a major party’s nomination for President was James G. Blaine, who ran for President as a Republican in 1884, but lost to Democrat Grover Cleveland.
(Nancy Pelosi is in no danger of adding her name to this list)

Temperatures in the Namib desert can reach as high as 60°C during the day and below 0°C at night.

Brain scans reveal that, compared to introverts, extroverts show increased activity in the areas associated with interpreting sensory data.