Fast Facts
August 21, 2006
- The harmonica is the world’s most popular instrument.
No president has been an only child.
The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is “”Live Free or Die.”” The license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.
The University of Alaska stretches across four time zones.
In 1500 B.C. in Egypt a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Egyptian women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths.
Bruce Willis’ real name is Walter.
Iguanas, koalas and Komodo dragons all have two penises.
The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary, “”I quit smoking tobacco.”” He died one month later.
Elephants communicate in sound waves below the lowest frequency humans can hear.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
“”Bambi”” was originally published in German in 1929.
In every deck of cards, the king of hearts is sticking his sword through his head. That’s why he’s often called the suicide king.
Voodoo originated in Haiti.
