Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race.

The total volume of mail that went through the Canadian postal system in 1950 was 1,362,310,155 items.

AMAZING FACTS