Fast Facts
October 20, 2006
The yo-yo originated in the Philippines, where it was used as a weapon in hunting.
In the 1985 Boise, Idaho, mayoral election, there were four write-in-votes for Mr. Potato Head.
Jackals have one more pair of chromosomes than dogs or wolves.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Ten body parts are only three letters long: eye, ear, leg, arm, jaw, gum, toe,
lip, hip and rib.
There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
A single violin is made of 70 separate pieces of wood.
One-third of 95
developing countries have a waiting period of six years or more for a telephone connection, compared with less than a month in developed countries.
RenǸ Descartes came up with the theory of coordinate geometry by looking at a fly walk across a tiled ceiling.
Dr. Seuss coined the word nerd in his 1950 book “”If I Ran the Zoo.””
A tea in China called white tea is simply boiled water.
According to David Gems, a British geneticist, sex-craved male mice, which spend five to 11 hours per day pursuing female mice, could live years longer if they abstained.
Polar bears have more problems with overheating than they do with cold. Even in very cold weather, they quickly overheat when they try to run.
