Fast Facts
March 6, 2007
- Fake Christmas trees have outsold real ones every year since 1991.
The YKK that appears on some zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.
China’s Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9,000 people at one time.
Houdini trained his dog to escape from a pair of miniature handcuffs.
Panama hats originally came from Ecuador.
In ancient China reflective pieces of polished brass were placed over doorknobs so evil spirits would scare themselves away.
A non-smoking bartender inhales the equivalent of 36 cigarettes during an eight-hour shift.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American marriage lasts 9.4 years.
The slang term for an emergency room patient who isn’t sick enough to justify being there is “”Gomer”” (get out of my emergency room).
The American Automobile Association (AAA) is the U.S. organization with the most members at 48 million.
The first stall in a public restroom is usually the cleanest. Seeking privacy, most people skip it.
Australia is considered the easiest continent to defend in the game Risk.
The Mona Lisa was completed in 1503. It was stolen from the Louvre on August 21, 1911, and recovered in 1913.
