Facts You Probably don’t Need

• Netflix was founded before Google.

• Vincent Van Gogh is known to have sold only one painting during his entire lifetime.

• Sir Isaac Newton invented the color wheel in 1666.

•  “Jentacular” is a word meaning of or relating to breakfast.

•  A second is called a “second” because it is the 2nd division of the hour by 60: pars minuta secunda or “second small part.” The 1st division being a minute: pars minuta prima or “first small part.”

• It is more likely for someone to have a stroke on Monday than any other day. This is because of the stress that comes with the beginning of a new week.

• Baboons can’t throw overhand.

• Potatoes were the first vegetable grown in space. They were grown aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1995.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.