Facts You Probably don’t Need
- Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was “Moon.”
- Song titles can’t be copyrighted. U.S. copyright law considers them to have an “insufficient amount of authorship or creativity.”
- The Pink Panther cartoon show was created due to the success of the character in the opening credits of the Pink Panther films.
- The humming noise produced by electricity is a different tone in Europe than it is in the U.S. The American electrical hum is a B-flat whereas the European electrical hum is a G.
- Due to efficient recycling, it is believed that 75% of all aluminum ever produced worldwide is still in use today.
- The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of it every day.
- In Russia, beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage until 2013.
- The site where Julius Caesar was assassinated by the Roman senate in 44 B.C. is now a no-kill sanctuary for cats.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
