Fact-A-Day from Harry K. Harry K. Jones on 20 May 2008 10:00 am
Fact-A-Day from Harry K. – May 20, 2008
In the spirit of C.A.N.I. (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement), here are this week’s new facts—one for each day of your coming week. Pass them on to others to keep the spirit alive or invite your friends and family to visit our blog where they can also view previous entries.
- Roughly 15% of the population of New Orleans practices voodoo.
- Snakes continue to grow until the day they die.
- Terminal velocity of a golf ball: 90 mph. Bowling ball: 350 mph.
- U.S. Presidents John Tyler (10), Millard Fillmore (13), and Chester Arthur (21) had no vice presidents.
- The Antarctic Ice Sheet is almost twice the size of the United States.
- The famous “horse’s head” seen in The Godfather was a real horsehead the producers got from a dog-food company.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Conquest, Slaughter, Famine, and Death.
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