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Fast Facts

By Marc Viscardi
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Monday April 28, 2003

· The housefly is faster than a jet airplane. A fly moves 300 times its body length in one second, while the jet, at the speed of sound, travels 100 times its body length in one second.

· Camels have three eyelids and can shut their nostrils during a desert sandstorm.

· In his 30 years as host of "The Tonight Show," Johnny Carson delivered 4,531 monologues.

· Mr. Potato Head was the first toy ever advertised on television.

· "The Muppet Show" was banned in Saudi Arabia because one of its stars was a pig.

· The first show ever put in reruns was "The Lone Ranger."

· Popeye's nephews are named Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye and Poopeye.

· During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.

· A healthy person farts about 16 times a day. Women fart just as much as men.

· Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.

· Henry Ford was obsessed with soy beans. He wore a suit and tie made from soy-based material, served a 16-course meal made entirely of soybeans and had many parts of his automobiles made from soy-derived plastic.

· To date, 40,000 women have paid for the ultimate sense of security ÷ a company sold immaculate contraception protection to women who were scared they might be unwillingly forced to carry the messiah.

· More than 30 percent of NBA players sport tattoos; the national rate is 4 percent.

· Pianist Yanni was formerly a member of the Greek National Swimming Team.

· The depression made when a skier falls backwards into the snow is called a sitzmark.

· The driver's test comes from France. In 1893, all drivers of self-propelled vehicles had to undergo an exam that tested driving ability and vehicle repair ability.


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