3 Facts & A Fib – Tues. 9/21: Swimming Test To Graduate / Longest-Serving US Mayor / World’s Fastest Animal

Jim Bahn / CC

Three of the following are TRUE…one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one)

1.  There are several colleges in the U.S. where you’re required to pass a SWIMMING TEST to graduate, including three Ivy League schools:  Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore.

2.  97% of clothes and 98% of shoes sold in the U.S. are imported.

3.  The longest-serving mayor in the U.S., as far as we know, is Bob Blais, who’s been the mayor of Lake George, New York since 1971.  He’s 85, and he says he’s serving his final term.  He’ll leave office next year.

4.  The fastest animal in the cheetah , which can reach top speeds of about 75 miles per hour.

AND THE FIB IS…(scroll down for dramatic effect)

#4!!

The fastest animal in the world is the peregrine falcon, which flies at 242 miles per hour.  The cheetah is the fastest land animal, at about 75 miles per hour, but only the 11th fastest overall.