We’ve put together fun-facts, tid-bits, and juicy morsels to quell your desire for the world (oh the longing!) with TRAVELIN TRIVIA, the kind of thing that impresses your guy friends almost as much as your salsa recipe, the weird tongue thing, or your staggering sports knowledge. Get knowledgeable: it’s the world we’re talking here.

Did you know...

...that AMERICAN AIRLINES saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class?

...that the Mediterranean Sea gets its name from the Latin phrase meaning "sea in the middle of land"?

...that the phrase “A man a plan a canal panama” is a palindrome?

...that Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee?

...that “Q” is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any state of the United States?

...that the only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for Cows is India?

...that the Joshua tree is the only tree that grows in California's Mojave Desert?

...that the city of Chicago has the only post office in the world where you can drive your car through?

...that the only active diamond mine in the United States is in Arkansas?

...the only river that flows both north and south of the equator is the Congo? It crosses the equator twice?