Fast facts
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
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.