Here are some fun facts to help get you through the day and look like the most informed person at the water cooler…
Fun (and not-so-fun) facts:
- Ben & Jerry’s has an online flavor graveyard for their discontinued ice cream flavors. Each one has a photo, life span, and epitaph.
- Strippers perform at rich people’s funerals in Taiwan because they believe it pleases the dead.
- The tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere is a TV transmission tower in Blanchard, North Dakota. It’s 1,987 feet tall. (The tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere is the CN Tower in Toronto at 1,815 feet.)
- Tony Montana from “Scarface” was named after the San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana.
- The only three U.S. presidents to NOT have a pet were: President Trump, James Polk, and Andrew Johnson . . . although Johnson DID feed some white mice he found in the bedroom, so maybe that counts?
(Ben & Jerry’s / Gizmodo / Wikipedia & Wikipedia / Mental Floss / Wikipedia)
Top and trending news:
- I know you have a big weekend planned for Memorial Day, but don’t forget to celebrate SUNDAY, which is National Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day. The Internet says, “The exact origins aren’t known, but it’s probably a modernized version of the old tradition of putting linens in the pantry to bring good luck.” (???)
- No one can find baby formula . . . but GLITTER COCKTAIL MIXERS are now something that exists. (Full Story)
- A creeper in the U.K. is harassing a woman . . . by threatening to burn her house down if she doesn’t email him “two nude photos.” (Full Story)
- Pepper Dark Berry soda is back for a limited time this summer. (Full Story)
- Nearly 70% of recent college graduates do GIG WORK. (Full Story)
- A small business in Thailand is going viral for selling a drink in custom bags that have an “appendage” that looks like a MALE BODY PART. (Full Story)
- Maybe arming everyone is not the solution. A 55-year-old father walked into an elementary school in Texas yesterday with a loaded gun in his waistband. He adjusted his pants . . . hit the trigger . . . and shot himself. He’ll survive, but he was charged with unlawful carry of a weapon. (Full Story)
- More sad news: The husband of one of the teachers who died in Tuesday’s massacre in Uvalde died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 50. (Full Story)