Fast Facts
March 28, 2007
- Gandhi took dance and music lessons in his late teens
The pores in your feet release about a quarter cup of sweat a day.
When the first McDonald’s opened in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955, the hamburgers cost $0.15 each. The first day’s take was $366.12.
If you draw a one-inch by one-inch square on your forehead, that square will probably be home to 8 million bacteria.
The automated baggage handler at the Chicago O’Hare Airport can sort 480 bags per minute.
A typical banana travels 4,000 miles before being eaten.
Leprosy is the first documented infection, initially described in Egypt in 1350 B.C.
One in four Americans isn’t sure if the earth travels around the sun or vice versa.
Insomnia is the No. 1 health complaint Americans report to doctors.
Mark Twain liked to say he only smoked once a day – “”all day long.””
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
The first food eaten in space by an American was pureed applesauce from a tube.
In 1958, Crayola changed its “”Prussian blue”” to “”midnight blue”” in response to teacher recommendations that children could no longer relate to Prussian history.
A penguin with a six-inch stride can run as fast as an average man.
