Fast Facts

February 22, 2008

John Bunyan, who was a popular writer in the 1700s, was put in prison for 12 years for preaching.

Close to three billion movie tickets are sold in India every year.

Aerosmith’s “”Dude Looks Like a Lady”” was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

Kermit the Frog delivered the 1996 commencement address for New York State’s Southampton College.

In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles unscrambled the Rubik’s Cube in 22.95 seconds.

There are approximately 618 roller coasters in North America.

The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso and Frank Grill in 1919.

Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

At 979 meters, Venezuela’s Angel Falls is the world’s highest waterfall. This waterfall is 16 times the height of Niagara Falls.

Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world.

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