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• Pioneering booms and busts have left Colorado with over 500 ghost towns.

• John Denver`s "Rocky Mountain High" was made an official Colorado state song in 2007.

• Colorado`s rich mining tradition began in 1859 with the Pike`s Peak gold rush.

• Snow Blowers are the leading cause of accidental finger amputation annually.

• Over 600 fingers were severed due to snow blower accidents in 2011 alone.

• Allen`s father also owned a bread truck named Betsy.

• The first model rocket was built in Nebraska in 1954.

• Model rockets have been used for aerial photography and even espionage.

• Rockets were created by the Chinese in the 1st century B.C., using bamboo and gunpowder.

• The largest amateur rocket ever made was 36 ft. tall and weighed 1,648 lbs.

• The Eimco 12B weights 4200 lbs. and runs on compressed air.

• At 2.4 miles, the Tau Tona mine in South Africa is the world`s deepest mine.

• Cave-ins are the leading cause of fatalities in subterranean mines.

• GPS requires a minimum of four satellites to generate an accurate location.

• The first model rocket company was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1957.

• In 2008, a Continental pilot reported that a model rocket nearly collided with his plane.

• Rocketeers must obtain waivers from the FAA to fly rockets inside of controlled airspace.
 

• Palmer, Alaska is 60 miles north of the city of Anchorage.

• Palmer has up to 19 hours of daylight in the summer, yielding world record harvests.

• Silent auctions are cheaper to run because they don`t require an auctioneer.

• The first gun with a holster/buttstock combination was the Mauser C96 in 1896.

• Alaskan Railroad construction began in 1903 and took 20 years to complete.

• A speeder is also known is a putt-putt, jigger, or trike.

• A Fairmont speeder was featured in the Buster Keaton silent film, The Railrodder.

• The "Grandpa Nambu" was designed by General Kijiro Nambu in 1902.

• Emperor Meiji ascended to the throne at age 14, and reigned for 45 years.

• The U.S. and Japan fought on the same side during World War I.

• Kamikaze suicide attacks sank over 100 U.S. warships during WWII.
 

• In 1990, a wooden sculpture from Cameroon sold at auction for $3.4 million.

• The searchlight atop the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas is nearly twice as bright as the sun.

• Searchlights were first used in battle by the British Navy in 1882.

• Private ownership of a flamethrower is not restricted by federal law in the U.S.

• Flamethrowers were first used in battle by the German Army during WWI.

• Just 2.5 acres of the Amazon rainforest contains over 700 different species of trees.

• In 1978, the U.S. voluntarily banned the use of flamethrowers in the military.