Facts You Probably don’t Need

• During World War II, NBC would sometimes play a fourth chime instead of their iconic three chimes. This was a message to employees to come into work as there was going to be big news that day (i.e. D-Day).

• German chocolate cake was invented by an English born American baker named Samuel German and has nothing to do with the country of Germany.

• “Bookkeeper” is unique because it is the only word in the English language with back-to-back to back double letters.

• The space between your eyebrows is called your “glabella.”

• Donald Duck’s middle name is “Fauntleroy.”

• Bill Paxton is the only actor to have been killed by an Alien, a Predator, and a Terminator.

• The most common street name in the United States is Second Street.

• The word “subcontinental” has all vowels in reverse order.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.