Fast Facts

October 12, 2007

Each day, four and a half pounds of sunlight strike the Earth.

Henry Ford never had a driver’s license.

The goddess of the rainbow, in Greek mythology, was Iris.

George Washington named his three foxhounds Drunkard, Tippler and Tipsy.

The six official languages of the United Nations are English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

Vang is the most common surname among the Hmong people of Laos.

President Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral in 1845 because it was swearing.

“”Saturday Night Live”” star Phil Hartman provided the voice of cranky Mr. Wilson in the 1980s “”Dennis the Menace”” cartoon.

The Westminster Kennel Club was formed in 1877 when a group of dog fanciers founded the organization in the bar at the Westminster Hotel in Manhattan.

Cleopatra used squeezed pomegranate seeds for lipstick.

Forty percent of women admit to having thrown footwear at men.

According to 2004 statistics, only three in four Texans are covered by health insurance, the lowest percentage in the nation.

The word moron comes from a slowwitted character with that name in Moliere’s play La Princess d’Elide.

Baron von Trapp’s seven children in “”The Sound of Music”” were Liesel, Friedrich, Louisa, Brigitta, Kurt, Maria and Gretl.

The “”pone”” is the person who sits on the dealer’s right in a card game.

Sonny and Cher, at the start of their careers, appeared in Bible advertisements produced for the American Bible Society.

According to Scottish novelist and politician John Buchan, “”An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.””

In the ancient Olympic games, archers used tethered doves as targets.

Forty-six percent of women say a good night’s sleep is better than sex.

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