Fast facts
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Monday, February 21, 2005
Things you always never wanted to know
Human eyes are always the same size from birth.
Emus cannot walk backward.
Cats have more than 100 vocal sounds. Dogs have 10.
All of the cobblestones that used to line the streets in New York City were originally weighting stones put in the hulls of Belgian ships to keep an even keel.
The only borough of New York City that isn't an island (or part of an island) is the Bronx.
When a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield its first consumable fruit.
If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat, it measures about 87 feet long.
The "Calabash" pipe, most often associated with Sherlock Holmes, was not used by him until William Gillette (an American) portrayed Holmes onstage. Gillette needed a pipe he could keep in his mouth while he spoke his lines.
Camel's milk does not curdle.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he hosted "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom." Wild indeed.
An iguana can stay underwater for 28 minutes.
Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 105.6 mph.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
"Antidisestablishmentarianism" is a very long word.
Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons."
Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
The 100 billionth crayon color by Crayola was periwinkle blue.