Fast Facts
February 9, 2007
- The average American develops his first phobia at age 13.
Every time a box of Wheaties with Tiger Woods on the front was sold, he got a dime. The farmer who grew the wheat got a nickel.
A tornado scooped up five horses that were hitched to a rail, then set the whole arrangement down intact, horses uninjured, a quarter-mile away.
The Cliffs Notes edition of “”The Scarlet Letter”” outsells Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book three to one.
If you go without sleep for 10 days straight, you could die.
The earth weighs an estimated 100,000 tons more than it did a year ago.
Nineteenth-century Scottish law required brides to be pregnant on their wedding day.
Lonely parrots can go insane.
Mick Jagger runs the equivalent of five miles on stage during each Rolling Stones concert.
The typical U.S. 18-year-old has spent 11,000 hours in school and 18,000 hours watching TV
So far, there’s no official name for the @, symbol.
Quartzy is the highest-scoring Scrabble word.
The average American eats four pounds of artificial flavorings, colorings, and preservatives each year.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
It is estimated that 75 percent of all U.S. dollars contain traces of cocaine.
