Fast Facts
November 21, 2007
School buses are commonly painted a shade called National School Bus Chrome Yellow, and may be white on top to help reflect sunlight and thus keep the vehicle cooler inside.
In the Spice Girls’ 1997 movie “”Spice World,”” the quintet’s bus driver was portrayed by platinum-selling singer Meat Loaf.
It’s no accident that Fido became a generic name for a dog; it’s based on the Latin for “”I am faithful.””
Time’s first “”Woman of the Year”” was Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée who wed Britain’s King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne for her.
According to a 2003 study, men who regularly eat hot whole-grain cereals like oatmeal lower their risk of cardiovascular disease by 17 percent.
What were called “”soup-ups”” in the 1930s got a new name in the 1940s: hot rods.
Elwood Edwards’ voice is heard more than 50 million times on an average day. He’s the man behind the “”You’ve got mail!”” voice on America Online.
Bowling was originally known in Germany as Heidenwerfen, which means “”strike down the heathens.””
A broken clock is right at least once a day, but a working clock that loses one minute every day is accurate only once every two years.
Keith Moon of The Who inspired the Muppet drummer Animal.
King Charles II’s coronation was delayed because there was no regalia. Oliver Cromwell had sold it all and it had to be replaced.
The colors blue, red, yellow, black and green were chosen for the Olympic rings because at least one of them appears on the flag of every nation in the world.
