Fast Facts
August 31, 2007
A rat can tread water for up to three days and can survive being flushed down the toilet; it returns to the building via the same route.
The average woman consumes six pounds of lipstick in her lifetime.
Armadillos, opossums and sloths spend up to 80 percent of their lives sleeping.
A 5-year-old boy phoned Leicester, United Kingdom, police to complain that his sister was cheating at Scrabble.
Rock musicians Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died.
The black bulldog ant from Australia is the most dangerous ant in the world. It stings and bites at the same time and has killed humans.
In 1985, Lt. Cdr. Waghorn and Lance Corporal Gill played Scrabble continuously for five days when trapped in a crevasse in Antarctica.
Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman from Sacramento, died of water intoxication while trying to win a Nintendo Wii console in a radio station’s “”Hold Your Wee for a Wii”” contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating. She placed second.
Katydids have ears in their front legs.
It was the custom in Ancient Rome for the men to place their right hand on their testicles when taking an oath. The modern term “”testimony”” comes from this tradition.
Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain, is visited by approximately 30,000 climbers each year – so many that French authorities plan to install public toilets at the peak.
The Aerosmith hit “”Dude Looks Like a Lady”” was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.
The coyote’s scientific name, canis latrans, means “”barking dog.””
