Facts You Probably don’t Need

• In 2011, Chinese state TV aired footage presented as an air force exercise that included a clip from “Top Gun.”

• Most of the dinosaurs featured in “Jurassic Park” lived in the Cretaceous, not the Jurassic.

• Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary.

• Rhode Island, Maine, and Massachusetts have laws that restrict large retail stores from opening on Thanksgiving, though some smaller businesses are exempt.

• Japan has roughly twice as many 7-Eleven stores as the United States, with thousands located in Tokyo alone.

• The scientific name for the Indian rhinoceros is “Rhinoceros unicornis.”

• The Milky Way is in the process of absorbing the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, one of its satellite galaxies.

• If you’re around 27 years old, you’re older than about half of India’s population. At around 30, you’re older than roughly half the world.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.