Fast Facts
August 21, 2007
Chefs started using onions five thousand years ago to spice up their cooking.
The largest apple pie ever baked was 40 feet by 23 feet.
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.””
Americans spend $1.5 billion every year on toothpaste.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
The average woman’s handbag weighs 3-5 pounds.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
In Cleveland, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
In 290 B.C.E., Aristarchus was the first Greek astronomer to suggest that the sun was the center of the solar system.
When the Titanic sunk, it was carrying 7,500 pounds of ham.
In 1937, yeast sales reached $20 million a year in the United States.
Los Angeles’s full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Prociuncula . It can be abbreviated to 6.3 percent of its size: L.A.
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
A third of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.
Baseball was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
A full moon always rises at sunset.
The billionth digit of pi is nine.
The Boeing 737 jet is nicknamed “”Fat Albert.””
The longest kiss on record lasted 130 hours, 2 minutes.
The horns of a bighorn sheep can weigh 40 pounds.
