Fact of the Day

As of opening day this year, 25 percent of players in Major League Baseball were from Latin American countries.
Source: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Hurricane Mitch hit Honduras in 1998, killing 5,600 people and causing $2 billion in damage.
Source: CIA World Factbook

Honduras achieved independence from Spain on Sept. 15, 1821.
Source: CIA World Factbook

Emperor penguins weigh up to 88 pounds. Their average height is 45 inches.
Source: National Geographic

Ninety-two percent of Argentina’s population lives in urban areas.
Source: CIA World Factbook

Argentina is slightly less than three-tenths the size of the United States.
Source: CIA World Factbook

The federal tax on beer is just over 5.4 cents per bottle, where it was set in 1991. (For micro-breweries, the rate is a little more than 2 cents.)
Source: U.S. Treasury Department, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

The federal tax on pistols and revolvers is 10 percent. The tax on all other firearms, and all ammunition, is 11 percent.
Source: U.S. Treasury Department, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

Three days after launching the iPhone 3GS, Apple had sold more than 1 million units.
Source: Apple

The first U.S. Open Championship was held in October 1895 on the nine-hole golf course of Rhode Island’s Newport Golf and Country Club.
Source: United States Golf Association