It is hard to imagine we are less than two weeks away from Christmas Day!  In the midst of gatherings and shopping and opening gifts and Christmas Eve services, here are a few fun facts to make you go hmmmm.

  1. A wild fig tree growing in South Africa has roots reaching 400 feet.
  2. Pigs, walruses, and light-colored horses can be sunburned.
  3. The standard escalator moves 120 feet per minute.
  4. MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
  5. Shakespeare invented the word “assassination” and “bump.”
  6. At McDonalds in New Zealand, they serve apricot pies instead of cherry.
  7. Jergens Lotion was created by Andrew Jergens, a former lumberjack, in 1880.
  8. The mouth of the Statue of Liberty’s mouth is 3 feet wide.
  9. Carotts contain 0% fat.
  10. On an U.S. one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper left-hand corner of the upper right-hand “1” and a spider hidden in the front of the upper right-hand corner.

On This Day in History

  • 1789 | The National Guard is created in France.
  • 1862 | The Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Civil War.
  • 1887 | Sgt. Alvin C York is born.
  • 1977 | Bill Gates is arrested for reckless driving and driving without a license.
  • 1989 | Taylor Swift was born.
  • 2003 | Iraqi War – Operation Red Dawn | Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured.