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• Americans spend nearly $650 billion a year on outdoor recreation.

• Gasoline powered RC boats can reach speeds of over 100 mph.

• The term "hooch" comes from the Hoochinoo Indian tribe, known for brewing alcohol.

• The world`s first recorded distillation of whiskey was by Scottish monks in 1494.

• Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla invented the first remote controlled boat in 1898.

• Power racing boats run via electricity, gasoline, glow plug, or steam power.

• Prohibition in the United States ran from 1920 until its repeal in 1933.

• If properly bottled and stored, whiskey can last indefinitely.

• Tax stamps, or excise stamps, provide proof of tax payment by the manufacturer.
 

• The term "ring" comes from the 1700s when boxers fought in drawn circles on the ground.

• The first known animatronic was a cuckoo clock bird made in the 13th century.

• In 1993, the 20-foot T-Rex for Jurassic Park was the largest animatronic ever made.

• Wrestling rings use three ring ropes, one fewer than a standard boxing ring.

• In pro wrestling, the protagonist is known as a "baby face," while the villain is a "heel".

• World Wrestling Entertainment debuted in 1980 and is now worth over a billion dollars.

• The 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride was a Disney World attraction from 1971-1994.

• Before EPCOT became a theme park, Walt Disney intended it to be a fully operational city.

• In 1955, the Jungle Cruise was the first attraction at Disneyland to feature animatronics.
 

• Approximately 83 million treadmills are sold worldwide every year.

• Evidence indicates that Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia once brewed beer.

• Air rifles are pneumatic weapons which shoot via compressed air or other gas.

• The largest and most powerful air rifle round is the .50 caliber pellet.

• Dennis Quackenbush designs and builds every one of his custom air rifles by hand.

• In 2008, Anheuser-Busch was acquired by the Belgian brewing company InBev for $52 billion.

• Bavaria is Germany`s largest state and has hosted the original Oktoberfest since 1810.

• The thaler was a medieval European currency is the root for the word "dollar".

• The Reinheltsgebot was the Beet Purity Law created by the Duke of Bavaria in 1487.

• GEM cars are street legal in nearly all 50 states on roads posting 35 mph speed limits.

• GEM cars plug into standard outlets and can travel up to 30 miles on a full charge.

• A bellows air rifle from the 16th century is the oldest known example of a mechanical air gun.

• Air guns have been used in movies such as The Rock, True Lies, and Mission: Impossible.

• The Victorian era was a high point of the British Empire that lasted from 1837 to 1901.

• Invented in Germany in 1898, the Luger was one of the first semi-automatic pistols.

• The Walther PPK and P99 were pistols made famous by the fictional super spy James Bond.

• Ernst Udet was Germany`s second-highest scoring ace of WW1, behind the Red Baron.

• BMW or "Bavarian Motor Works," first began producing automobiles in 1928.

• Japanese racing legend Kunimitsu Takahashi is credited with creating drifting in the 1970s.

• During drifting competitions, a brand new set of tires can last between 2-3 laps or 45 seconds.

• Tournament caliber drift cars have an average of 700 to 1000 horsepower.

• Drift cars have a steering angle of 45 to 60 degrees, nearly double that of a standard car.

• Before the invention of craft-based weaponry, enemy pilots would fire handguns at each other.

• Manfred von Richthofen, or the Red Baron, is considered the greatest fighter pilot of WWI.