Fast Facts

November 30, 2006

The practice of exchanging presents at Christmas originated with the Romans.

The United States Golf Association was founded in 1894 as the governing body of golf in the United States.

In 1985, Mike Tyson started boxing professionally at age 18.

The anaconda, one of the world’s largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.

After eating, the housefly regurgitates its food and eats it again.

Sea sponges are used in drugs for treating asthma and cancer.

Your statistical chance of being murdered is one in 20,000.

At the height of its power, in 400 B.C., the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched.

The symbol on the pound key is called an anoctothorpe.

The McDonald’s at the Skydome in Toronto is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs.

According to author Douglas Adams, a salween is the faint taste of dishwashing liquid in a cup of fresh tea.

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