Fast Facts

November 7, 2007

Tom Cruise has three front teeth instead of the usual four.

Eating too many carrots will cause your skin to turn orange.

Thomas Edison patented the first electric tattoo machine.

Though it more closely resembles a square pillow, Cap’n Crunch cereal is supposed to look like a treasure chest.

Mel Torme wrote “”The Christmas Song”” (or “”Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire””) during a blistering heat wave in July 1946.

Prince Philip wears contact lenses.

Only two of the Sherlock Holmes stories feature him as the narrator.

The floral emblem of Western Australia is the Mangles’ kangaroo paw.

Henry Ford invented charcoal briquettes, made originally from the excess wood and sawdust in his factories.

Squirrels are immune to rabies.

The letters in Tasmania can be rearranged to read “”I am Satan.””

In 1988, Batman’s sidekick, Robin, was killed off after readers voted for his demise in a telephone poll.

Girl Scout cookies cannot be sold online.

Fingernails of the longest fingers grow fastest, while those of the shortest grow slowest.

The first pitcher inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame was Rollie Fingers.

Robert E. Lee was buried barefoot in 1870 because the coffin was too small to allow for his boots.

A five year U.S. Public Health Service study discovered that kissing can cause tooth decay.

In some states, a 15-day-old baby can be issued a work permit.

Abraham Lincoln died in a bed slept in by his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

The cat is the only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible.

Facts courtesy of “”The Book of Useless Information”” and “”The Pocket Idiot’s Guide: Not So Useless Information””

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