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?