A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

Among Bart Simpson’s chalkboard exercises shown during the opening credits: “I
am not a 32 year old woman,” “I did not see Elvis,” and “Tar is not a
plaything.”

The oldest humanoid skeleton discovered on the North American continent was
found in Leander, TX, nicknamed “Leander Lucy.”

According to one source, the Federal Aviation Administration tests
the
strength of airplane windshields with a special gun that launches
a dead
chicken at a plane’s windshield at approximately the speed
the plane
flies.

The average student now brings 10 plug-in appliances to college.

This article appears in October 11 • 1996 and October 11 • 1996 (Cover).

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