Fast Facts
April 3, 2006
- One-third of the electricity produced on Earth is used to power electric light bulbs.
The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit over the course of the day.
In 2003, the U.S. government spent about $2 million on potato research.
Eagles mate while airborne.
The penguin is the only bird that can swim but cannot fly.
It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark.
The oldest pig in the world lived to the age of 68.
Author Virginia Woolf wrote all her books while standing.
Dentists in medieval Japan extracted teeth by pulling them out with their fingers.
A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After age 50,the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
