Fast Facts
November 15, 2007
California is home to three NHL hockey teams, while Canada has only six.
Leonardo da Vinci invented the scissors.
The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.
The words “”racecar,”” “”kayak”” and “”level”” are palindromes: They read the same whether read left to right, or right to left.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
No one has ever found a pirate’s treasure map. Real pirates tended to spend money while they had it, before they could be caught.
Albert Einstein disapproved of science fiction, saying, “”I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.””
According to one poll, 70 percent of all Americans have visited a Disney theme park.
E.C. Segar, the cartoonist who created Popeye, also invented the word “”goon.””
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Elvis Presley owned his own police car. When he was bored, he liked to pull over people for speeding near Graceland and give them an unofficial warning.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
The San Francisco cable cars are the only national monuments that move.
More people walk to work in Alaska than in any other state.
Ivan III was the first Russian ruler to call himself a “”tsar.””
A cow’s sweat glands are in its nose.
The watch pocket in pants is also called the “”fob””.
In ancient China, doctors received their fees only if their patients were kept healthy. If their health failed, the doctor sometimes paid the patient.
The honey bee is the only bee that dies after stinging.
The only mammal that can fly is the bat.
