Senseless Sunday: Antarctica Water Pie

1. Antarctica has two species of flowing planets: Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis).
2. Boston Cream Pie is the the official state dessert of Massachusetts.  (Go figure.)
3. Old trees can actually produce more carbon and methane than they absorb.^[1]
4. Currently, 400 species of sharks roam on the oceans of Earth.
5. The fastest recorded swimming animal is the sailfish, which can swim  up to 68 mph.