Fast Facts
April 25, 2006
- A surfer once sued another surfer for “”stealing his wave.”” The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on “”pain and suffering”” endured by the surfer watching someone else ride “”his”” wave.
Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.
Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
A fetus that is 4 months old will become startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother’s stomach.
Bugs Bunny was originally called “”Happy Rabbit.””
Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford from “”Clifford The Big Red Dog.””
In the United States, an average of 50 percent of a city’s land is paved for cars, which includes parking lots, driveways and roads.
A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at 4 weeks old.
In the 1985 Boise, Idaho, mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.
Alaska got its name from the Aleut word “”Alyeska,”” which means “”The Great Land.””
An orange cannot ripen after it’s picked.
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Forty-one percent of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum of three times a day.
A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.
Eating 20 tart cherries can reduce a headache and other inflammatory pain.
Blood accounts for about 8 percent of a human’s body weight.
