How we got windshield wipes…
Here are some fun facts to help get you through the day and look like the most informed person at the water cooler…
Fun (or not-so-fun) Facts:
- Today, there will be a college football game between the Miami RedHawks of Miami University in Ohio and the Miami Hurricanes of the University of Miami in Florida. In the past, this Miami-Miami game has been known as the “Confusion Bowl” . . . but this is the first time they’ve played each other since 1987. The RedHawks have yet to beat the Hurricanes, who are 3-0 against them.
- The woman who invented windshield wipers in 1903 never made any money from them, because car companies told her they would be distracting to drivers and there was no market for them. But after she let the patent expire, they caught on.
- Ulysses S. Grant was the first president who tried to get elected for a third term, but the Republican Party decided to nominate James Garfield for the 1880 election instead. And it was a good call since Garfield was elected president. (Rutherford B. Hayes was president in between Grant and Garfield, so the three terms wouldn’t have been sequential.)
- In the country Andorra in Europe, it’s illegal NOT to own a gun. The country doesn’t have a military, so every man between 21 and 60 is supposed to have a rifle in their house just in case the country gets attacked.
- The first PG-13 movie ever was“Red Dawn” in 1984. The PG-13 rating was created after “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” got a controversial PG rating three months earlier, and proved there should be middle ground between PG and R.
(Wikipedia / Jalopnik / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Business Insider)
Strange and trending news:
- It’s National Tofu Day, but only in the U.K. So, congrats. You don’t have to eat it. (Full Story)
- Kraft is selling special “College Care Packs” that come with reusable silverware and 30 cups of Easy Mac. (Full Story)
- New TikTok term: “Chicken anxiety” is the fear of undercooking your poultry. So, I guess you could say you’re chicken about cooking chicken. (Full Story)
- A poll found even seniors spend 47 minutes a day on social media now. (Full Story)
- A Florida man got caught with a crack pipe after assaulting a Family Dollar employee with a lollipop. (Full Story)
- Two people in Massachusetts are facing charges for running an illegal backyard volleyball gambling ring. (Full Story)
- A teenager in Detroit got arrested for biting a bouncer’s JUNK when they wouldn’t let him into a club. (Full Story)
- “USA Today” did a big story on a college professor with a CLOWN FETISH, who was giving girls extra credit if they’d paint their faces. (Full Story)
- A guy in Mexico ordered a new phone and got a LIVE GRENADE in the mail instead. Thankfully, no one was hurt. (Full Story)
- New photos of the Loch Ness Monster are going viral, and they’re being called the “most exciting” photos ever taken of it. But as always, you can’t really tell. (Full Story)
- If you’re with someone and living together, is it okay to open their mail? In general, 44% of Americans say no. (Full Story)
- Cops in England pulled someone over for driving with a parrot perched on their shoulder. (Full Story)
- Do you have your spouse in your phone with their first AND last name? BuzzFeed wants to know if that’s weird or not. (Full Story)
- Don’t overshare on social media, or it could affect your job prospects. A study found companies are now using it to look for mental health red flags before hiring people. (Full Story)
- A study ranked the best small cities in America, and four of the top five are in New York. Elmira, New York near the Pennsylvania border is #1. (Full Story)
