Five Random Facts for Wednesday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  If Puerto Rico was added as a 51st state, it would be 30th in population, ahead of 21 other states.  If Washington, D.C. was added as a 52nd, it would be 50th in population, ahead of Vermont and Wyoming.

2.  Young rabbits, pandas, and many other animals instinctively eat their mother’s feces, because it contains bacteria they need to properly digest vegetation.

3.  Hawaiian pizza with ham and pineapple wasn’t invented in Hawaii.  It was invented by a guy named Sam Panopoulos in Ontario, Canada in 1962.

4.  GEICO came up with its gecko mascot in 1999 when there was a Screen Actors Guild strike that kept them from using live actors.

5.  “Veto” is a Latin word that means “I forbid.”

 

(Wikipedia / Smithsonian / Wikipedia / IP Watchdog / Etymonline)