Trivia # 30

Did you know...

... that today is Pacific Ocean Discovery Day? In 1513, Vasco

Nunez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer, became the first European

to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. He had crossed the

Isthmus of Panama to make the discovery and he named it Mar

del Sur (South Sea). Trivia fans: The Pacific Ocean is the

world's largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the

Earth's surface, having an area of 69.4 million square miles,

significantly larger than Earth's entire landmass, with room

for another Africa to spare!