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.