Five Random Facts for Wednesday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  The oldest living child of a president is Lynda Bird Johnson Robb.  She’s Lyndon B. Johnson’s oldest daughter, and she turns 81 TODAY.  Happy birthday, Lynda Bird!

2.  The world’s “smallest international bridge” is only 19 FEET LONG.  It’s an old, rustic bridge connecting the Spanish village of El Marco to the Portuguese village of Varzea Grande.  (Here’s a video of it, with a FIRE TECHNO BEAT!)

3.  Google was originally called BackRub, when they came up with the idea in 1996.  The founders changed the name to Google about a year later.

4.  The state and capital city with the fewest total letters combined is:  Boise, Idaho, at 10 total letters.

5.  The moment when a sperm fertilizes an egg, there’s actually a little SPARK and explosion.

 

(Wikipedia / Oddity Central / Google / Wikipedia / Northwestern University)