1. One bushel of corn contains about 72,800 kernels and weighs 56 pounds.
2. Corn is a domesticated grass.
3. Before WWII, most corn was harvested by hand. The first mechanical corn harvester was developed in 1930 by the Gleaner Harvester Combine Corporation
4. Native Americans in North America introduced corn to early settlers, and saved them from starvation by trading with them, and taught them how to plant, and cultivate corn using fish for fertilizer.
5. In 1917, the U.S. grew about 111 million acres of corn (most acres of corn planted in the U.S. ever)
6. According the USDA, one acre of corn removes about 8 tons of carbon dioxide from the air, and produces enough oxygen to supply a year�s needs for 131 people.
7. 1906 = corn yielded 31.7 bushels per acre.
8. 2008 = corn yielded 153.9 bushels per acre.
