Americans eat more bananas than any other kind of fresh fruit, averaging about 26.2 pounds of them per year, per person (apples are a distant second, at 16.7 pounds).
There are about 100 sweat glands per square centimeter of skin.
Frank Sinatra liked Eskimo Pies.
In the World Haggis Juggling competition, Colin Sopper has juggled five for 26.01 seconds, Tempei has juggled four for 1 minute 31 seconds, and Paul Taylor juggled three for 12 minutes 56 seconds.
Apollo astronauts say that moon dust smells like gunpowder.
This article appears in April 14 • 2006.