Did you know?

• The Times Square "time ball" is named the "Star of Hope." It was especially made for the Y2K millennium celebration and contains 504 glass crystals cut into triangles, 600 light bulbs, 96 big lights, and 92 mirrors.

• The standard escalator moves 120 feet per minute.

• The temperature of Earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.

• Prior to the invention of lawn mowers, lawns were cut with scythes, but this operation was ineffective unless the lawn was wet. The sale of lawn mowers got a great boost when lawn tennis came into vogue in England in 1870.

• In the film, 'Titanic', when Jack walks through the french doors for dinner with Rose and her family, a camera man's reflection can be seen on the glass.

• Hollywood director Steven Spielberg played a cameo role as the clerk who receives Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi's money at the end of the Blues Brothers.

• The 'Three Men & a Baby' star, Tom Selleck was once better known as Jed Andrews in US soap, The Young & The Restless.