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Fast Facts
April 9, 2007
- Fred Astaire’s dancing shoes were size 8. His feet were insured for $650,000.
The average speed of a golf ball in flight during the PGA Tour is 160 mph.
The longest earthworm ever found was 22 feet long.
When glass breaks, the cracks travel faster than 3,000 mph.
There are eight time zones in North America.
Coney Island isn’t an island but it used to be.
Sponges form 99 percent of all marine species.
A child just starting school knows about 6,000 words.
The city of Chicago has hosted more major national political conventions than any other U.S. city.
It’s not uncommon for a vampire bat to return to the same animal night after night, weakening and eventually killing its prey.
Armadillos can be housebroken.
The U.S. government approves 599 additives for use in the manufacture of cigarettes.
A tapeworm can grow to a length of 30 feet inside human intestines.
Onions are members of the lily family.
