Facts You Probably don’t Need
- Robert Wrenn, a four-time U.S. singles tennis champion and one of the first inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, served as one of Teddy Roosevelt’s “Rough Riders” during the Spanish–American War.
- Michael Jackson composed songs despite not playing any instruments. He would build the tracks with his own voice. It was so pitch perfect that studio musicians could match chords to his singing.
- There is a $100 coin that is legal U.S. Tender. They weigh 1 ounce and are 99.95% platinum. This is the highest face value to ever appear on a U.S. coin.
- In 2024, Portugal claimed the mantle of the highest per capita wine consumption in the world.
- Olivia Wilde has won a handful of eating competitions. In Australia, she once ate 33 pancakes with butter and syrup in 22 minutes.
- When she was a teenager, Alyson Hannigan, future star of “How I Met Your Mother,” used to babysit for Bob Saget, who became the narrator for the same show.
- The Sun contains 99.8% of the total mass of the solar system.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
