Fast Facts
October 29, 2007
The NFL is the only one of the four major American pro sports leagues that has yet to place a man in Canada.
About one in four on-the-job fatalities occurs when the employee is operating a company automobile.
Rudolph Valentino was arrested for bigamy in 1922.
The first U.S. mint, in Philadelphia, used harnessed horses to power the machine that produced the coins.
Samuel L. Jackson was Bill Cosby’s stand-in on “”The Cosby Show.””
Harvard University was founded in 1636, just 16 years after the Mayflower reached the American shore.
Brain tissue cannot feel pain. When you have a headache, it’s usually due to a blood vessel or a nerve ending in the skull.
Agatha Christie plotted her detective stories while sitting in a bathtub eating apples.
Tiny Tim, in “”A Christmas Carol,”” was originally to be called either Little Larry or Puny Pete.
Rip van Winkle’s dog was named Victor.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
The seven Japanese gods of luck are Bishamon, Daikoku, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Jurojin, Hotei and Benten.
In Italy it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
Hawaii has only two snakes: a sea snake that is rarely seen and a blind snake that lives like an earthworm.
Four popes died while participating in sexual acts.
All five of George Foreman’s sons are named George.
