Here are some random facts for you.
1. There are over 20,000 known bee species in the world, and 4,000 of them are native to the United States. But honey bees are NOT one of them. They weren’t here before being imported from Europe in the 17th century.
2. Barbra Streisand’s first name was originally spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-A, but she legally changed it in her early 20s and got rid of the “A” in the middle because she said she HATED the original spelling.
3. 98% of the atoms that currently make up your body are different than the atoms that made you up last year. So, technically, you’re almost an entirely different person now than you were a year ago.
4. Benjamin Harrison was elected president in 1888, and was the first U.S. president to have electricity in the White House. But he never touched the light switches because he was afraid of getting electrocuted.
5. Cats can actually survive drinking ocean water. Their kidneys can filter out the salt and use the water for hydration. Our kidneys can’t.
(USGS / Barbra Archives / NPR / White House History / Cats.com)
