Fast Facts
April 25, 2008
- The same man who led the attack on the Alamo, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, is also credited with the invention of chewing gum.
Rocky and Bullwinkle lived in Frostbite Falls, Minn.
The TV sitcom “”Seinfeld”” was originally named “”The Seinfeld Chronicles.”” The pilot, which was broadcast in 1989, featured a kooky neighbor named Kessler who later became Kramer.
Candy made from pieces of barrel cactus was outlawed in the United States in 1952 to protect the species.
The partridge berry is a botanical Siamese twin. Each berry develops from two flowers.
The first Band-Aid bandages were three inches wide and 18 inches long. You made your own bandage by cutting off as much as you needed.
The average human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid.
Craven Walker invented the lava lamp, and its contents are colored wax and water.
The telegraph plant of Asia has leaves that flutter constantly, even when there is no breeze.
