Fast Facts
March 8, 2007
- The Chinese used to scatter firecrackers around the house as fire alarms.
The famous painting “”Whistler’s Mother”” was once bought from a pawn shop.
The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan’s original name was Temuji. He started out as a goat herder.
George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration.
There are as many as 78 scenes in a single X-Files episode.
The first time the “”f-word”” was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithful in the 1968 film “”I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname.”” In Brian De Palma’s 1984 movie “”Scarface,”” the word is spoken 223 times – an average of once every 29 seconds.
Playing cards became the first paper currency of Canada in 1685, when the French
governor used them to pay off war debts.
Some toothpaste contains antifreeze.
Forty-thousand Americans are injured by toilets every year.
The side of a hammer is called a cheek.
Mixing Sani-Flush and Comet cleaners has been known to cause explosions.
If a surgeon in ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
Tarantulas do not use muscles to move their legs. They control the amount of blood pumped into them to extend and retract their legs.
