Facts You Probably don’t Need
- After numerous complaints about the sometimes vicious creatures, New York City authorities finally banned organ grinder monkeys from the streets in 1887.
- McDonald’s didn’t register “McDonalds.com” and had to donate to a school to get the domain from the Wired magazine writer who registered it in 1994.
- Ayapaneco, an indigenous language in southern Mexico, was on the brink of extinction because the only two native speakers refused to talk to each other.
- Redheads only make up about 2% of the world’s entire population.
- There’s a small town called Dinosaur, Colorado. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd., Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
- Prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.
- Goats are immune to poison oak and ivy and are used to control the growth of the toxic plants by grazing.
- George Washington, a natural redhead, wasn’t a fan of wigs. So instead, he would powder his red hair white.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
