Five Random Facts for Wednesday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  The Lego company has been around for 90 years now.  The name is a simplified version of two Danish words “leg godt,” which means “play well.”

2.  The Atlantic Ocean is much saltier than the Pacific.

3.  The first department store Santa was in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1890.

4.  The day Heath Ledger died in 2008, “Heath Ledger” was the number one term searched on Google.  The number two most-searched term?  “Keith Ledger.”

5.  Mozambique is worth the most points in Scrabble of any country, at 32.  At least it would be if you were allowed to play country names.  Kyrgyzstan would be second, with 30 points.

 

(Wikipedia / NASA / Mental Floss / Unbelievable Facts / The Telegraph)