Portal:Science/Did you know/5


 * ...that Scientists and Engineers for America is an organization focused on promoting sound science in government, and backing political candidates who support science and its applications?
 * ...that the 2004 Christmas Eve Snowstorm was the most significant snow event for South Texas since 1895?
 * ...that Stanford professor Kate Lorig developed a peer-led chronic disease self management course which is the basis of the Expert Patient Programme of the British National Health Service?
 * ...that walking fish can actually skip, crawl, slither, and even climb trees?
 * ...that the Thanksgiving 1984 Nor'easter deposited a 197-foot Venezuelan freighter in the backyard of a Palm Beach, Florida socialite, where it remained for several months?