Facts You Probably don’t Need

  • From May 1821 to January 1822, the state of Maine had five different governors.

 

  • Rob Lowe, Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Sheen, and Sean Penn all went to high school together.

 

  • Ruthie Thompson, a Disney artist who worked on the original “Snow White,” lived to be 111 years old. She died in 2021.

 

  • In the 1970s, Pablo Escobar purchased four hippos that were eventually allowed to freely roam his estate. By 2019, there were over one hundred hippos living in the same area.

 

  • In 1844, the Spanish government moved the Philippines from one side of the International Date Line to the other, which essentially means that December 31, 1844, did not exist in the Philippines.

 

  • In 1979, the NHL announced that any new players entering the league would have to wear helmets. Some players grandfathered in continued to not wear helmets as late at the 1996-97 season.

 

  •  According to available data, only about 30% of the airspace in China is made available for commercial use by the CCP.

 

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.

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