Here are some random facts for you.
1. The last five movies Gene Siskel reviewed with Roger Ebert on their show before his death in 1999 were: “At First Sight” (with Val Kilmer), “Another Day in Paradise”, with Melanie Griffith), “The Hi-Lo Country” (with Woody Harrelson), “The Theory of Flight” (with Helena Bonham Carter), and “Playing By Heart” (with Angelina Jolie and Ryan Phillippe).
Siskel gave them all a thumbs up, except “Playing By Heart”.
2. Forever 21 was founded by a Korean couple in Los Angeles in 1984, selling clothing designs that were similar to ones that were popular in South Korea at the time.
3. We all currently have hemorrhoids, they’re just not inflamed.
4. Oxford University in England is older than the Aztec society. Oxford became a university in 1249, the Aztecs originated in 1325.
5. The most common street name in the U.S. is Second Street. The theory is that a town will name its first street either First Street OR Main Street, but they pretty much always go with Second Street after that.
(Wikipedia / Wikipedia / NIH / Smithsonian Magazine / Jalopnik)
