Fast facts
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Things you always never wanted to know
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
In the "Wizard of Oz", Dorothy's last name is Gail. It's shown on the mailbox.
If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, N.H. town hall, you are entitled to receive 10 cents from the town of New York.
The letter "W" is the only letter in the English alphabet that has more than one syllable - it has three.
Dudley DoRight's horse's name was "Horse."
Only 1/3 of the people who can twitch their ears can twitch only one at a time.
Gary Burgough, who played Walter "Radar" O'Reilly on M*A*S*H, has a deformed left thumb. If you watch closely you will see that he never shows his left hand.
The Cincinnati Reds baseball team name was officially changed to the Redlegs during the anti-communist movement.
The ampersand (&) is actually a stylized version of the Latin word et, meaning "and."
On the cartoon show "The Jetsons," Jane is 33 years old, and her daughter, Judy, is 15.
In Mel Brooks' '"Silent Movie," mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water (or whatever was immediately available) and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver." Wally and Beaver had a baby alligator, which they kept in the toilet.
There are more bald eagles in the province of British Columbia than there are in the entire United States.