Facts You Probably don’t Need

• Christian Bale has said that Tom Cruise inspired some of the mannerisms he used as Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho.”

• The scientific name for the Indian rhino is Rhinoceros unicornis.

• Japan has over 21,000 7-Eleven stores — almost double the amount in the United States. Tokyo alone has 2,824 7-Elevens.

• The Milky Way is currently absorbing the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, one of our satellite galaxies.

• If you are 31 years of age, half of the world is younger than you.

• The kangaroo rat, native to arid areas of western North America, can live their entire lives without having to drink water.

• Rhode Island, Maine, and Massachusetts all have laws that deem it illegal for supermarkets, department stores, and other big box stores to be open on Thanksgiving.

• In Tasmania, Easter Sunday is not a public holiday, but “Easter Tuesday” is.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.