Fast Facts
March 27, 2007
- Bats always turn left when exiting
a cave.
In Kentucky, it’s illegal to marry your wife’s grandmother.
Thirty thousand Hawaiians signed a petition to change Maui’s name to Gilligan’s Island.
Speaking of “”Gilligan’s Island,”” only about a third of the episodes were about getting off the island.
Forty-six percent of American kids don’t get an allowance.
Some Arctic and Antarctic fish have proteins in their blood that act as antifreeze.
Denver’s International Airport is larger than the entire city of Boston.
Plants can suffer jet lag.
The raised-bump deflectors on U.S. roads are called Botts’ Dots.
Yonge Street in Canada is the world’s longest street. It stretches 1,178 miles.
There are more than 500 words for macaroni in Italian.
The only food that provides calories with no nutrition is sugar.
Vexillology is the study of flags.
Gail Borden, the inventor of condensed milk, is buried beneath a headstone shaped like a milk can.
It’s estimated you’ll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects.
