Facts You Probably don’t Need

• The first computer mouse was developed in 1964 and was made of wood.

• The tongue is the only muscle in one’s body that is attached from one end.

• The original name for Google was “BackRub” because the search engine analyzed the back links of websites to determine their importance.

• The Four Corners is the only spot in the U.S. where you can stand in four states at once: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

• The official state civil calendar of Ethiopia is about 7.5 years behind the Gregorian calendar. This mostly results from an alternative calculation of the date of the Annunciation in the Bible. The Ethiopian calendar has 12 months, all with 30 days, and a 13th month that has either five or six days depending on the year.

• Hershey’s Kisses are said to be named after the “smooch” sound the machine made when depositing the chocolate onto the conveyor belt.

•   The Spice Girls were originally called “Touch.”

• The Wright brothers flew the first airplane on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.