Fast Facts
November 10, 2006
- Cher’s real name is Cherilyn La Pierre.
The annual White House Easter egg roll was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878.
The oldest word in the English language is town.
In England during Queen Victoria’s reign, it was illegal to be a homosexual but not a lesbian, because when the queen was approving the law, she wouldn’t believe that women would do that.
The $8 bill was designed and printed by Benjamin Franklin for the American Colonies.
The Golden Gate Bridge was first opened in 1937.
The 1912 Greco-Roman wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours.
In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said computers in the future may weigh no more than five tons.
Milk snakes lay about 13 eggs – in piles of animal manure.
There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States.
The average adult spends about 12 minutes in the shower.
