The 31st--Issue #6

Welcome to this sixth issue of The 31st! As you may recall, The 31st is a semi-regular column that I run on my blog, making an appearance on every 31st day of the months that do have a 31st day! :D Anyway, here's your dose of trivia:

Did you know...

• that a gyroscope is an instrument that uses rotation to create stable direction in space?
• that Guyana is a country in northern South America?
• that Johannes Gutenberg invented type mold, which made the modern printing press possible?
• that gulls are a type of bird often seen around large bodies of water?
• that Guinea is a country in western Africa?
• that the guanaco is an animal that lives in South America, and looks like a camel without a hump?
• that Grenada is an island country in the West Indies?
• that Civil War General U.S. Grant was President when the Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, was opened?
• that California is nicknamed, "The Golden State"?
• that the Gobi Desert, located in Mongolia and China, is the second-largest desert in the world? Only the Sahara is bigger.
• that Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth? 
• that Georgia became the fourth state on January 2, 1788?
• that Gatun Lake is a man-made body of water on the Panama Canal?

That's all for this time! See you in July!

~Photobug