Facts You Probably don’t Need
- Harriet Tubman was born in Thomas Jefferson’s lifetime and died in Ronald Reagan’s.
- Thomas Jefferson and John Adams visited Shakespeare’s home on vacation, and they each broke off a piece of his chair as a souvenir.
- Humans have fewer genes than rice.
- John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States of America, was a representative-elect to the Confederate States of America before his death.
- The gin and tonic was created by the British East India Company in India in order to help prevent and treat malaria.
- Ta Prohm, an ancient temple in Cambodia, has a sculpture of what many believe to be a stegosaurus. The temple was built in the 12th century — 700 years before the discovery of dinosaurs.
- Jerry Seinfeld has generated more than $465 million in syndication royalties from his sitcom’s 180-episode catalogue.
- Adjusted for inflation, George Washington was worth more than $525 million while he was alive.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
