What would a Friday be without a few fun facts? Have a fantastic day! Thanks for reading!
- The earth wobbles on its axis every 21-26,000 years.
- One pound of tea can make approximately 300 cups.
- The average person will spend twenty-five years asleep.
- The Butterfinger candy bar was first produced in 1923 by Chicago’s Curtiss Candy Co.
- Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific Ocean and set on the Atlantic Ocean.
- On a bingo card of ninety numbers there are approximately 44 million ways to make B-I-N-G-O.
- Dracula is the most filmed story of all time.
- Moon was Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon)
- A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of water.
- The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
On This Day in History…
- 1777 – The Articles of Confederation are adopted.
- 1806 – Pike’s Peak is first sighted by Zebulon Pike.
- 1898 – Sylvan Nathan Goldman invented the shopping cart. Or for East Tennesseans, “the buggy.”
- 1969 – Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy’s.
- 1990 – It was discovered that Milli Vanilli did not sing on their grammy award winning album.
