function theMsg() {
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*26)+1;
switch (randomNumber) {
 case 1:
  document.write('The ultraviolet radiation &quot;shield&quot; around the Earth is getting thinner? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#ozone">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 2:
  document.write('Some gases in the atmosphere act like the glass in a greenhouse, causing the &quot;greenhouse effect&quot;? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#green">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 3:
  document.write('Satellites can see through clouds to map the Earth? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#radar">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 4:
  document.write('NASA&#39;s SeaWiFS satellite can help find fish in the ocean? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/water.htm">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 5:
  document.write('250 mile per hour winds blow above us every day? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#jet">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 6:
  document.write('Warm air can hold more water than cold air? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#hot">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 7:
  document.write('Water covers about 70% of the Earth? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#water">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 8:
  document.write('Convection - or hot air mixing with cold air causes storms? <a href="facts.http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/htm#convect">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 9:
  document.write('That there is a web site about a satellite named by a kid? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/terra/">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 10:
  document.write('Convection - or hot air mixing with cold air can cause storms? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#convect">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 11:
  document.write('Gardeners have known for years that you can tell the temperature by counting the clicks a cricket makes in 15 seconds and adding 37? <a href="http://www.gardengatemagazine.com/tips/25tip13.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 12:
  document.write('North Dakota is the only state in the U.S. that hasn&#39;t had an earthquake?');
  break;

 case 13:
  document.write('We&#39;ve created a game based on the water cycle called <i>Droplet</i> <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/games/index.htm">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 14:
  document.write('There are a new set of questions for the <i>What on Earth</i> game? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/games/index.htm">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 15:
  document.write('That besides oxygen, the air we have today came mostly from volcanoes? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#Volcano air">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 16:
  document.write('Mountains are formed when rock is pushed up by a collision in the earth&#39;s crust? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/index.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 17:
  document.write('A war between America, Germany, and England in 1889 was prevented by a hurricane that sunk each country&#39;s ships? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/facts.htm#war">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 18:
  document.write('Hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific are identified using people&#39;s names? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 19:
  document.write('Each hurricane has an eye in the middle which is 20-30 miles wide and contains calm winds and clear skies? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 20:
  document.write('A hurricane moves anywhere from 10 to 60 miles per hour depending on its stage? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 21:
  document.write('A hurricane usually travels a distance of 3,000 miles before it dies out? <a href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 22:
  document.write('Tornadoes travel across land at an average speed of 25 to 40 miles an hour with wind speeds of up to 250 miles per hour? <a href="http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 23:
  document.write('People have survived being picked up by a tornado? <a href="http://www.noaa.gov/tornadoes.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 24:
  document.write('Tornadoes can be more than 1 mile long and 50 miles wide? <a href="http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 25:
  document.write('In 1995 NASA launched an instrument to study the relationship between tornadoes and lightning? <a href="http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/predict2.html">More...</a>');
  break;

 case 26:
  document.write('The average time to predict a tornado is 18 minutes? <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtwait.htm">More...</a>');
  break;
 }
}