The 1987 film Predator starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura.
Both went on to become United States governors.
Trivia
Oh, Terrific
Cockroaches are some of the hardiest insects on the planet. They can survive without food for a month, and can live without their heads for up to a week. They can hold their breath for 45 minutes, and they have a very high resistance to radiation.
And they make group decisions.
Who’s There?
The door to the gold vault in Fort Knox weighs 24.6 tons.
Overachiever
Mount Everest is getting taller.
It rises by about 2.5 centimeters each year.
Straight and Narrow
Stature in Washington
At the time of its construction, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world.
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is incomplete. Artist Gutzon Borglum had planned to sculpt the four presidents from head to waist, but he died before he could finish the job.
There She Is
Miss America by hair color, 1921-2003:
- Brunettes: 70 percent
- Blondes: 24 percent
- Redheads: 6 percent
Waiter!
Celebrities saved by the Heimlich maneuver:
- Ronald Reagan
- Ed Koch
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Goldie Hawn
- Cher
- Walter Matthau
- Carrie Fisher
- Dick Vitale
- John Chancellor
- Jack Lemmon
Plus Permits
In today’s dollars, the Taj Mahal cost more than $500 million.