Facts You Probably don’t Need

• Before acting, Sean Connery was offered a chance to pursue a professional football career, including interest from Manchester United, but chose film instead.

• The bananas sold in supermarkets are nearly identical clones (Cavendish bananas), propagated from a single genetic lineage. They are seedless and sterile, while wild bananas contain large seeds.

•  The formal proof that 1+1=2 appears in “Principia Mathematica” and spans hundreds of pages of groundwork before reaching that conclusion.

• Author George R.R. Martin attended the very first Comic-Con in 1964 and has said he bought one of the earliest tickets.

• Oktoberfest began in 1810 as a wedding celebration for Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig, and the festivities became an annual tradition.

• Bicycles in the UK don’t have set speed limits, but riders can be charged with offenses like “furious cycling.”

• Belgrade’s strategic location has led to it being destroyed and rebuilt dozens of times—often cited as around 40+ times—and fought over in more than 100 conflicts.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.