Facts You Probably don’t Need
- According to “The Economist,” about one-quarter of all Millennials report being vegan or vegetarian.
- The “Reese” in Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup is Harry Burnett Reese — the genius who created the famous candy in the 1920s.
- Dolphins are born with mustaches. Well, at least a few whiskers around their snouts.
- The “S” in Harry S. Truman does not stand for anything.
- John Adams and his family had three dogs. Their names were Satan, Mark and Juno.
- The Italian version of “break a leg” is “in culo alla balena” — which translates to “in the whale’s ass.”
- Stephen Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death.
- The largest hairball on record was taken from the stomach of a cow and weighed a whopping fifty-five pounds when it was removed. Today, it is on display at the Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City, Kansas.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.