Did you Know?

Ocean and Land Facts

Sharks can live up to 100 years.

If the ocean’s total salt content were dried, it would cover the continents to a depth of 5 feet.

Cape Cod Facts

Population: 226,809

Average Winter Temperature: 32 °F / 0 °C

Average Summer Temperature: 70 °F / 21 °C

Old King’s Highway, at 39 miles long, is the longest contiguous historic district in America and contains four centuries of architecture.

Holiday Facts

Christmas was declared a national holiday in 1870.

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1863.

Christmas trees generally take 6-8 years to mature.

77 million Christmas trees are planted each year.

From 1659 to 1681, the celebration of Christmas was outlawed in Boston, and law-breakers were fined five shillings.

Teachers receive the most Valentine’s Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts.

15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.

The Guinness Book of World Records says , the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14!

It is said that 34 million Americans have Irish ancestry.