Fast facts
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
The American crow weighs approximately one pound when fully grown.
The paperclip was invented by a Norwegian, Johann Vaaler.
The first vending machine was invented by Hero of Alexandria around 215 B.C. When a coin was dropped into a slot, its weight would pull a cork out of a spigot and the machine would dispense a trickle of water.
In "Father of the Bride," Annie and Bryan marry on Jan. 6. But in the opening montage of "Father of the Bride 2" there is a framed invitation of their wedding, which states that they were married on Oct. 9.
Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.
The British royal family changed their surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, the name of their castle, in 1917.
Julius Caesar was known as a great swimmer.
An exo-cannibal eats only enemies. An indo-cannibal eats only friends.
Burt Reynolds' father was the chief of police in West Palm Beach, Fla.
On the Oct. 5, 1974, four years, three months and sixteen days after Dave Kunste set out from Minnesota, he became the first man to walk around the world, having taken more than 20 million steps.
A soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held together by 642 stitches.
The world's most expensive jam is Confiture de groselles. It is a redcurrant jam from a 14th-century recipe made in the tiny French town of Bar-Le-Duc.
In September 1999, Dustin Philips of the United States set a Guinness World Record by drinking a 400 ml (14 oz.) bottle of tomato sauce through a straw in 33 seconds.
Botanically speaking, bananas are technically considered herbs.
China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year, and 25 million trees are chopped down a year to make them.