Here are some random facts for you.
1. There are over 7,500 varieties of apples grown worldwide. So if you had “an apple a day,” it would take you 20 years to try them all.
2. The word “candidate” comes from the Latin word “candidatus,” which means “clothed in white”, because in ancient Rome, men running for political offices wore white togas.
3. McDonald’s feeds 70 million people per day, which is just under 1% of the world’s population.
4. Michael Phelps swims slower than a manatee. Yes, those big, plump “sea cows.” Phelps’ top swimming speed is six miles per hour. Manatees can top out at 20 miles per hour if they want to.
5. Saddam Hussein wrote a romance novel in 2000 called “Zabibah and the King”. It was about a woman who leaves her cruel husband for the king in medieval Iraq.
(WSU / Collins Dictionary / The Daily Meal / Ocean Conservancy / Wikipedia)
