Fast Facts
September 27, 2007
“”The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick”” is thought to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
Polar bears are left-handed.
There are 240 white dots in each level of “”Pac-Man.””
Pound for pound, hamburgers can cost more than a new car.
The shortest opening sentence in a book in the English language is from Mark Twain’s “”The Adventures of Tom Sawyer””: “”Tom!””
All months beginning on a Sunday have a Friday the 13th.
The words “”jeep”” and “”goon”” were coined by E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye the Sailor.
The shark is the only fish that can blink with both of its eyes.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
A snail can sleep for three years.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
A Boeing 747’s wingspan is longer than the length of the Wright brothers’ first flight.
“”Go hang a salami, I’m a lasagna hog”” is a palindrome (that is, it reads the same backward and forward).
The dentist’s chair was invented by Milton Waldo Hanchett in 1840.
The most popular fruit in North America is the banana.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh invented the artificial heart.
The only nation that begins with an “”A”” and doesn’t end in one is Afghanistan.
