Fast Facts
June 13, 2007
Eating raw onions is good for unblocking a stuffed nose.
Twelve new golf holes are constructed every day.
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey, not the eagle, to be the U.S. national bird.
While at Harvard University, Edward Kennedy was suspended for cheating on a Spanish exam.
A phonophobe fears noise.
There is a character named 5 in Charles Schulz’s “”Peanuts.”” His sisters are named 3 and 4.
Bookkeeper is the only word in the English language with three consecutive double letters.
Boxing is considered the easiest sport for gamblers to fix.
Flamingos are pink because they eat so much algae.
Walking catfish of Florida can stay out of water for 80 days.
Racehorses have been known to wear out new shoes in a single race.
Only 55 percent of Americans know that the sun is a star.
The Beatles were named after a motorcycle gang in the classic Marlon Brando film “”The Wild One.””
Nova Scotia is Latin for “”New Scotland.””
Grover Cleveland was a draft dodger.
The biggest-selling restaurant food is french fries.
Aristotle thought blood cooled the brain.
Onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from the soil.
An American football has four seams.
