Here are some fun facts to help get you through the day and look like the most informed person at the water cooler…
Fun (and not-so-fun) facts:
- Out of Qatar’s population of 2.6 million, only 12% have Qatari citizenship. 88% of their total population consists of expats and migrant laborers, mainly from Egypt and South Asia.
- The Pentagon is 5.1 million square feet . . . but it was designed so that every point in the building is less than a 10-minute walk from any other point.
- Stevie Wonder’s first name isn’t short for “Steven” . . . it’s short for “Stevland.”
- You can send mail to Antarctica . . . it even has its own ZIP code. There’s a U.S. Post Office down there that handles mail sent to ZIP code 96598
- There are five presidents who never had children: George Washington, James K. Polk, Warren Harding, James Buchanan, and Andrew Jackson.
(Wikipedia / History / Wikipedia / TheWorld.org / Mic)
Strange and trending news:
- Today is National Odometer Day. (???) Hey, any excuse to have a little cake.
- A Catholic grade school in Philadelphia “accidentally” sold Mother’s Day flowers stuffed with THONGS. The school is “reviewing” what happened . . . but they were probably just being cheap. A Chinese e-commerce site sells bouquets of “lacey panty roses” like this for just $1.25 apiece. (Full Story)
- A recent study found that women are perceived as more attractive . . . feminine . . . and of a higher status when they’re wearing high heels. (Full Story)
- Tinder banned a woman in Rhode Island FOR LIFE . . . for using the platform to recruit people to join her kickball team. (Full Story)
- A. tops a new list of the best cities for basketball fans . . . even though the best basketball they saw THIS season was from the VISTING teams. (Full Story)
- A couple in the U.K. had a gender reveal party . . . and . . . you know where this is going. They set off pink smoke bombs, but there was a LOT more smoke than they expected, and people were struggling to breathe, including kids. Everyone is okay. (Full Story) (There’s PROFANITYand STUPIDITY in the video.)
- Speaking of low visibility, two brides at a “group wedding” in India almost married the wrong guys . . . after a power outage made it hard to see. (Full Story)
- According to a video on TikTok, a cook at a Waffle House in Austin, Texas quit and refused to cook people’s food. So, people went into the kitchen and made it themselves. (Full Story) (There’s profanity in the video.)
