Here are some fun facts to help get you through the day and look like the most informed person at the water cooler.
– Greenland is icier than Iceland.
– The woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie was Ruth Wakefield . . . she sold the recipe to Nestle in the 1930s in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
– Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg went to the same school in Long Beach, California . . . and she says she’s pretty sure she bought weed from him.
– You’re about 2,200 times more likely to die in a car accident than you are in a plane crash. So, in other words, it’s WAY more dangerous to drive to the airport than to get on a flight.
– Biscotti comes from the Latin words “bis” and “coctum,” which means “baked twice.”
(Britannica / Women Inventors / Metro / The Week / The Nibble)
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– A guy in Florida who poked a manatee using a fishing rod is now facing charges since it’s a federal crime to harass manatees. (Full Story)
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– The mayor of a city in Belgium has apologized after the town’s Christmas lights came out looking very phallic. (Full Story)
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