Here are some random facts for you.
1. Unfortunately, this might not surprise you: According to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read BELOW the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. So, more than half.
(That doesn’t mean they didn’t finish school, most of them probably did. Reading comprehension is a complex cognitive function that can deteriorate if you don’t read and exercise your brain regularly.)
2. In Argentina and Spain, Tuesday the 13th is considered unlucky, not Friday.
3. President Grover Cleveland was 27 years older than his wife, which isn’t necessarily creepy on the surface. But he was good friends with her father, he met her shortly after she was born, and he even babysat for her when she was a child.
4. The Harlem Globetrotters’ theme song “Sweet Georgia Brown” is a ragtime song from 1925, and the original lyrics suggest that it was about a hooker.
5. Canada had a rap song hit number one on its charts a full decade before the U.S. “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang was #1 in Canada in 1980, “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice was #1 in the U.S. in 1990.
(APM Research Lab / iNMSOL / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Wikipedia)
