Fast Facts
July 11, 2007
Deer cannot eat hay. They do like to eat marijuana.
Tony the Tiger was voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft, who also sang “”You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”” in Dr. Seuss’s classic 1966 Christmas special.
Income tax was first introduced in England in 1799 by British prime minister William Pitt.
Dinosaurs existed for nearly 150 million years.
The largest kind of seahorse measures eight inches.
“”Simpsons”” creator Matt Groening named all the members of the Simpson family after his own family, except for Bart, which is an anagram of “”brat.””
Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.
The word “”accordion”” comes from the German word akkord, which means “”agreement, harmony.””
A phrenologist feels and interprets skull features.
In 1989, Pepsi came out with a morning soft drink called “”Pepsi AM.”” It didn’t last long on the market.
The world’s largest Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant is in Beijing.
The first man ever to set foot on Antarctica was John Davis, on Feb. 7, 1821.
The tail section of an airplane gives the bumpiest ride.
In 1977, Cairo had only 208,000 telephones and no telephone books.
The fastest sea mammal is the killer whale, or orca, which can swim at up to 34 mph.
There are more than 10,000 golf courses in the United States.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
HAL 9000’s birthday is January 12, 1992.
“”Transformers: The Movie”” was Orson Welles’s last film role. The legendary “”Citizen Kane”” director provided the voice of the evil planet Unicron in the 1986 film.
