Category: fastfacts
Aviation and aircraft fast facts
At any time there are a million airplane passengers in the air around the world. There are 100,000 aircraft in the air […]
04/21/2017. Category: fastfacts. Tags: airplanes, airports
Real names and other name fast facts
In the West, the most popular male names are James and John. The most popular female name in the West is Mary. […]
04/21/2017. Category: fastfacts. Tags: name
Country fast facts
The Vatican is the world’s smallest country, at 0,16 square miles (0,44 square km). Russia is the largest country in the world, […]
04/21/2017. Category: fastfacts. Tags: population, states, statistics
Fast facts about some of the world’s most famous companies
There are more than twice as many gun stores in America as McDonald’s restaurants. By 2016, there were 14,098 McDonald’s and 51,438 […]
04/21/2017. Category: fastfacts. Tags: google, microsoft, sony, youtube
Fast facts about world famous ancient and modern buildings
Spiral staircases in medieval castles rung clockwise because all knights used to be right-handed. There are 365 steps on the front of […]
04/21/2017. Category: fastfacts. Tags: mall, skyscraper
Fast facts on politics
Bolivia holds the highest turnover of governments. Since their independence from Spain in 1825, Bolivia has had almost 200 governments. Since 1945, […]
02/07/2010. Category: fastfacts. Tags: candidate, democracy, obama, president
Oscars fast facts
The shortest Oscar ceremony ever was the first, held in 1929; it lasted only about 15 minutes as all the winners had […]
02/07/2010. Category: fastfacts. Tags: actor, actress, awards, films
History fast facts
The 16th century Escorial palace of King Phillip II of Spain had 1,200 doors. The world’s first travel agencies were Cox & […]
02/07/2010. Category: fastfacts. Tags: caesar, space, stamps
Movie fast facts
Jack Mercer was the voice of Popeye the Sailor for 45 years. Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was […]
02/07/2010. Category: fastfacts. Tags: films, hollywood, tv, video
Music fast facts
The harmonica is the world’s best-selling music instrument. The U.S. music industry generates more than $16 billion, 50% of which is in […]
02/07/2010. Category: fastfacts. Tags: beatles, cd, dvd, music, record
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