Arizona Daily Wildcat Online
sections
Front Page
News
Opinions
· Columnists
Sports
· Men's Hoops
Go Wild
Live Culture
Police Beat
Datebook
Comics
Crossword
Special Sections
Photo Spreads
Classifieds
The Wildcat
Letter to the Editor
Wildcat Staff
Search
Archives
Job Openings
Advertising Info
Student Media
Arizona Student Media Info
UATV -
Student TV
 
KAMP -
Student Radio
The Desert Yearbook
Daily Wildcat Staff Alumni

Fast facts


Photo
Illustration by Holly Randall
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Print this

Things you always never wanted to know

  • The space between your nostrils is called your columella.

  • An adult has 206 bones. A newborn infant has 300.

  • Donkeys aren't the only jackasses. A variety of penguins are called jackasses too.

  • The Tokyo Zoo in Japan is closed for two months a year to give the animals a vacation from the visitors.

  • A female African elephant can be pregnant for almost two years.

  • The superstition that "three on a match" is unlucky comes from the Boer War when British soldiers thought that lighting three cigarettes on one match would give the enemy time enough to aim and fire.

  • The average person swallows about 295 times while eating a meal.

  • The tip of a whip makes a cracking noise because it moves faster than the speed of sound.

  • There are more sweat glands on the soles of your feet than any other part of your body.

  • Toads do not have teeth.

  • Until 1936, it was against the law in New York to wear topless bathing suits - for both men and women.

  • A cow can produce 100 quarts of milk per week.

  • Martin Van Buren was the first U.S.–born citizen to become president. He was the eighth president of the United States.

  • One cord of wood can make 7.5 million toothpicks.

  • In 1911, a West Point applicant flunked his physical, so the military school granted admission to the next candidate - Dwight D. Eisenhower.

  • Alaska does not have any counties.


    Write a Letter to the Editor
  • articles
    Presidential candidates square off in Gallagher
    divider
    Committee: Candidate fired from ASUA post
    divider
    BIO5 building adds last steel beam
    divider
    Sculpture artist's proceeds to benefit KUAT
    divider
    Intoxicated students close to getting rides home
    divider
    Provost presents program fee consideration guidelines
    divider
    Forum held to decide fate of art museum
    divider
    University funding bill meets opposition
    divider
    Business program fee survey results to be presented to ABOR
    divider
    ASUA remains a mystery for many students
    divider
    On the spot!
    divider
    Fast facts
    divider
    Police Beat
    divider
    Datebook
    divider
    Restaurant and Bar Guide
    Housing Guide
    Search for:
    advanced search Archives

    NEWS | SPORTS | OPINIONS | GO WILD
    CLASSIFIEDS | ARCHIVES | CONTACT US | SEARCH



    Webmaster - webmaster@wildcat.arizona.edu
    © Copyright 2005 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat - Arizona Student Media