Facts You Probably don’t Need

  • Freddie Mercury was born with four extra upper teeth.

 

  • The oldest continuous sporting event in the U.S. is the Kentucky Derby.

 

  • After Steve Carell left the show, James Gandolfini was offered the lead role in “The Office.”

 

  • Clarinets are most commonly made out of wood from the mpingo, or African blackwood, tree.

 

  • Elephants have the longest gestation period of any mammal on Earth at 22 months.

 

  • Central Park in New York City (843 acres) is larger than the entire country of Monaco (502 acres).

 

  • The specks on the outside of strawberries are each single seeds called achenes.

 

  • The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona. However, the city rejected Gustave Eiffel’s offer to build the tower. He then brought the proposal to Paris for the 1889 World’s Fair.

 

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.

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