Fast Facts
April 5, 2007
- Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, once pinned a sumo wrestler using only a single finger.
Potato chips are the best-selling snack food in the United States and Canada. In fact, of 100 people eating snack food, 70 of them are eating potato chips.
Two out of three times, it’s the woman who starts a flirtation.
Some 19th century chamber pots were decorated with portraits of popular enemies, such as Napoleon, on the inside.
Fifty percent of the magazines printed in the United States are never sold.
The right rear tire of your car will wear out before the other three.
The most crowded street corner in the United States is 59th and Lexington in New York City.
In 39 of 50 U.S. states, the travel industry is the largest single employer.
In 1969 the Russian Mi-12 became the largest helicopter ever flown. It could lift a payload of 231,485 pounds.
A woodpecker’s beak moves at a speed of 100 mph.
The longest underwater kiss on record was 2 minutes and 18 seconds.
The farthest distance a pumpkin has been hurled without the use of explosives is 3,718 feet.
The first American magazine was called “”The American Magazine.”” It debuted in 1741.
If you put 23 people in a room, there will be a 50 percent chance that two will share a birthday.
Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.
