Fun Facts: Carla Rea’s Weekly “Hey, I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know That…”
It’s time for my weekly, “hey, I’ll bet you didn’t know that…” A few fun facts to have in your back pocket to impress the kids, to be a pompous…
It's time for my weekly, "hey, I'll bet you didn't know that..."
A few fun facts to have in your back pocket to impress the kids, to be a pompous ass at parties, or to just know - a la Cliff Clavin. (Kids, google him)
As you probably already know by now, I'm a lover of useless information and - I love breadsticks. But we'll get to that.
Knowledge is seen as "attractive," and people who express their knowledge of random facts to others are often thought of as intelligent (do I seem smarter yet?).
These are the kind of useless facts that will help you beat your know it all family member at Trivial Pursuit, or maybe just win a free PBR at Trivia night at Dotty's.
Here you go!
People really ARE more creative in the shower.
When we take a warm shower, we experience an increased dopamine flow that can make us more creative. (Now I don't know if it actually makes us sing better)
Grover Cleveland's first name is not Grover
STEPHEN is his first name - Grover is actually his middle name.
HERBS come from the leaves of a plant, SPICES come from any part of the plant EXCEPT the leaves.
Hormel is the company that makes Spam, and they HATE that junk email is called spam.
Word has it no one in the Hormel company is allowed to call it that. They're supposed to call it "unwanted email."
Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport.
Between 1912 and 1948, the Olympics awarded medals for music, painting, sculpture, and architecture.
In London in the 1800s, mail was delivered 12 times a day
Amish people are not required to get Social Security numbers
Donuts only make up 10% of Dunkin's revenue. The bulk of their money comes from coffee
This is why Dunkin dropped "Donuts" from their name in 2019.
Olive Garden serves over 529 million free breadsticks a year
That's an average of 1.6 for every American. (Not nearly enough...)
