Fast Facts
February 29, 2008
America’s largest rosary is located at the Fatima Shrine in Holliston, Mass.
Tide has 70 percent of the market share for detergent.
Bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers bought a Virgen de Guadalupe painted onto a tortilla by artist Joe Bravo.
Ashleigh Aston Moore, who starred alongside Rosie O’Donnell in 1995’s “”Now and Then,””died of a heroin overdose in December.
Only one satellite has ever been destroyed by a meteor – the European Space Agency’s Olympus in 1993.
The roaring lion in the MGM logo was named Volney and lived at the Memphis Zoo.
Karen Carpenter’s doorbell chimed the first six notes of “”We’ve Only Just Begun.””
The Spanish abbreviation for UFO is OVNIS: “”objeto volador no identificado.””
There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of 200.
