THERE is a saying that states that there is a first time for everything and TEENage agrees with that 100 per cent. A little history lesson never hurts and so, this week, we take a look at some 'first time' facts.

1 The greatest snow fall ever in a single storm was 189 inches at the Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in February, 1959. The snow storm lasted from February 13-19.

2 The first feature-length animated film, released by Disney Studios in 1937, was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

3 The town of Tidikelt in the Sahara Desert once went 10 years without rainfall.

4 The word 'earthling' was first found in print in 1593.

5 The coldest outdoor temperature ever recorded on earth was 127 below zero in Antarctica on August 24, 1960.

6 An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

7 The Beatles were depicted in wax at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London, in 1964, the first pop album stars to be honoured.

8 The crew of Apollo 11, who put the first man on the moon have the same initials as the first men on earth. Armstrong: Adam, Aldine: Abel and Collins: Cain.

9 The first man-made object to circle the earth was Sputnik I, a satellite, was launched in 1957.

10 The record for the biggest one day rainfall was set on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, on March 15, 1952, where 74 inches of rain fell in 24 hours.

Source:http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/10--things-I-bet-you-never-knew_8042251