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Fast facts


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
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  • The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.

  • Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

  • In every episode of "Seinfeld", there is a superman somewhere.

  • The book of Esther in the only book in the Bible that does not mention the name of God.

  • "The Andy Griffith Show" was a spin-off of "The Danny Thomas Show," and was the first spin-off in television history.

  • The ridges on sides of coins are called reeding.

  • Sunbeams that shine through the clouds are called crespucular rays.

  • Teddy craved being the center of attention. A relative once said, "Teddy wants to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral."

  • The Chinese phrase "Ni de lieng hun pang" translated into English means "I think you need a facelift."

  • Ralph Lauren's original and less marketable name was Ralph Lifshitz.

  • The "y" in signs reading "ye olde" is properly pronounced with a "th" sound, not "y." The "th" sound does not exist in Latin, so ancient Roman occupied (present day) England use the rune "thorn" to represent "th" sounds. With the advent of the printing press the character from the Roman alphabet which closest resembled thorn was the lower case "y."


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