Interesting facts
The Iron Man edition of Mr. Potato Head is named Tony Starch.
In a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill, Admiral John Fisher used the phrase “O.M.G.”
Albert Einstein never learned how to drive.
History’s shortest war lasted 38 minutes. It was fought between Great Britain and Zanzibar.
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
Cheerleading was initially an all-male sport. Females were only added to the equation when smaller, lighter bodies were needed for “flying.”
Created in 1994, the Comic Sans font was inspired by “Batman” and “Watchman” comic books.
Pringles chips are named after a street in Finneytown, a tiny Cincinnati suburb.
Obsessive nose picking is called rhinotillexomania.
The Pentagon has twice the number of toilets needed due to being built before desegregation.
Before writing “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”, author J.R.R. Tolkien worked for the “Oxford English Dictionary” with a focus on the etymology of Germanic words beginning with “W.”
Just as some people talk in their sleep, sign language speakers have been known to sign in their sleep.
The original name for the starship in “Star Trek” was York
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