Here are some random facts for you.
1. Every element heavier than lithium had to be created in the core of a star. Every element heavier than iron had to be created by a supernova.
2. Oregon is the only U.S. state with a flag that’s different on both sides. One side says “State of Oregon, 1859” and has the state seal, the other side shows a beaver chewing a log.
3. There are four presidents who didn’t have a vice president: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Chester A. Arthur. All four of them were VPs under a president who died in office, and there was nothing in the Constitution about how to pick a new vice president.
4. A 7-foot-tall man in the U.S. has a 1 in 7 shot of making it to the NBA, a man under six feet has a 1 in 1.2 million shot.
5. “SOS” by ABBA is the only Top 40 song ever where the song title AND the artist are both palindromes.
(PBS / State Symbols / Forgotten History / New York Times / Wikipedia)
