Five Random Facts for Tuesday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  A “zeptosecond” is a trillionth of a billionth of a second.  It’s the smallest unit of time ever measured.

2.  The 42 NFL players with the most points in their careers are all kickers.  The 43rd highest scoring player is Jerry Rice, who was a wide receiver.

3.  “Lawrence of Arabia” is over 220 minutes long, and doesn’t have a single line of dialogue spoken by a woman.

4.  The island of Puerto Rico was originally called San Juan Bautista, and the main city was called Puerto Rico.  But eventually, those switched.  The island became Puerto Rico and the main city became San Juan.

5.  Bananas contain about 450 milligrams of potassium, and about .01% of it is RADIOACTIVE.  So if you managed to eat 150 trillion bananas in one sitting, you’d die from radiation poisoning.

 

(BBC / Pro Football Reference / Indiewire / Wikipedia / Logan Physics)