Fast Facts

August 27, 2007

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur.

There are 100 million internet users in China. Some of the sites they can’t access are BBC News, Amnesty International and www.DalaiLama.com.

In 1996 a woman was charged with assault when she struck her husband over the head with a Scrabble board.

Camels have three eyelids to protect them from blowing sand.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s Gum.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Many hamsters blink only one eye at a time.

In Las Vegas it is illegal to pawn your dentures.

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.

Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos

in the United States.

A can of Spam is opened every four seconds.

Humans produce an average of 10,000 gallons of saliva during their lifetimes.

The strongest animal in the world is the rhinoceros beetle. It can lift 850 times its own weight.

Two-hundred million people in China live on less than $1 a day.

Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.

Broccoli was first introduced to the United States in the 1920s.

In France it was once considered bad luck to cut your fingernails on Friday.

If a cow eats onions, its milk will taste like onions.

Danny DeVito once studied to be a hairdresser.

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

During 33 seasons on the air, Mister Roger’s trolley traveled more than 100 miles on its track.

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