Fast Facts
September 13, 2007
In the 1700s, a newborn baby had less of chance of surviving a week than a 90-year-old.
Gary Cooper once said “”Gone With the Wind”” would be “”the biggest flop in Hollywood’s history.”” So, he turned down the leading role of Rhett Butler.
All of Roger Moore’s film contracts state he must be provided with an unlimited supply of hand-rolled Cuban cigars.
The birthstone for October, opal, can contain up to 10 percent of water, making it easy to damage.
A healthy person will pass gas five times a day. A fart contains about 17 ounces of intestinal gas.
Independence Day was not a federal holiday until 1941.
Chuck Berry’s song “”You Can’t Catch Me”” contained the original line of the opening lyrics of The Beatles’ song “”Come Together.””
If a hockey player is wearing “”1″” on his jersey, it is a safe bet he is a goalie. Only a handful of players wearing “”1″” are not goalies.
Neither Mercury nor Venus have moons, making them the only planets in the solar system without one.
“”Saturday Night Live”” was created to resolve Johnny Carson’s request to stop airing “”The Best of Carson”” on the weekend.
Tony Curtis owned the “”look”” Elvis wanted to have, so Elvis dyed his naturally light brown hair to black.
Ever heard “”pleased as punch””? This phrase originated in the Punch and Judy puppet acts in which Punch ended up victorious and smiling.
The perfect pickle will have an average of seven “”warts”” per square inch.
There are 14 vertebrae in an owl’s neck, twice as many as in a human’s.
President Grant is most famously known as Ulysses S. Grant but he was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. H.U.G.
