Five Random Facts for Friday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  There’s a “short-man” complex named after Napoleon Bonaparte, but he wasn’t actually super short.  He was about five-foot-six, which was average height at that time in France.  (Although he was shorter than other elite soldiers, aristocrats, and high officials that he met with.)

2.  According to a study by MIT, the toughest tongue-twister is “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.”

3.  Most people pass gas 14 to 23 times every day.

4.  There’s only one country in the world where McDonald’s serves the McRib all year long, GERMANY.

5.  “Margaritaville” was originally written for Elvis Presley, but he was nearing the end, so Jimmy Buffett recorded the song.

 

(Wikipedia / Boston Magazine / Cleveland Clinic / Independent Travel Cats / Wikipedia)