Fast Facts

September 21, 2006

The big “”M”” on McDonald’s signs in Paris is the only one in the world that is white, rather than yellow; it was thought that yellow was too tacky.

Seals can sleep underwater and surface for air without even waking.

The only continent without snakes or other reptiles is Antarctica.

A hockey puck is 1 inch thick.

Howard Hughes once made half a billion dollars in one day. In 1966, he received a bank draft of $546,549,171 in return for his 75 percent holdings in TWA.

The Toltecs, seventh-century native Mexicans, went to battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.

The first aerial photograph was taken from a balloon during the Civil War.

The hula hoop was the best-selling toy in 1957.

Scientific researchers say promiscuous species of monkeys appear to have stronger immune systems than less sexually active ones.

The percentage of women who wash their hands after using a toilet is 80 percent.

The percentage of men who wash their hands after using a toilet is 55 percent.

In medieval England, beer was often served with breakfast.

If you yelled for eight years, seven months and six days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

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