Mayoral race fast facts #7

Inside of Maura Hennigan, you will find a slightly smaller Maura Hennigan.

Prior to becoming mayor, Tom Menino considered his greatest accomplishment to be finishing two entire "Grand Slam" breakfasts in one sitting at the Denny's in Lexington, Mass.

Mayoral race fast facts #6

Maura Hennigan used to let herself die in Oregon Trail, just so she could leave funny gravestones.

Tom Menino insists he is unable to dance because he was "born with two left testicles."

Mayoral race fast facts #5

Tom Menino doesn't always flush.

Maura Hennigan has said that if she could have one superpower, it would be "the ability to love."

Mayoral race fast facts #4

Maura Hennigan, if elected, would be Boston's first mayor of Irish descent.

Tom Menino once gave a speech in a drunken stupor in which he declared that he had invented Colt 46, a malt liquor that was far superior to Colt 45.

Mayoral race fast facts #3

Tom Menino toured with Depeche Mode for a brief period in the late 1980's.

In high school, Maura Hennigan was voted "Most likely to organize a website compiling complaints about potholes."

Mayoral race fast facts #2

Tom Menino came in third in the first season of "America's Next Top Model."

Maura Hennigan once killed a man with her bare hands over a parking spot at Home Depot.

Boston mayoral race fast facts:

--Maura Hennigan has to eat her own weight in seafood every 12 hours in order to survive.

--Tom Menino's neck and cheeks are filled with small multi-colored glass marbles.

More to come.